OLYMPUS TECHNOZONE Vol.55 2002-10
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Welcome back to Technozone!
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There
has been a great deal of talk in Japan recently about
how the nation's young people are no longer interested
in science. Much of the problem, I believe, stems from
the fact that there is too much emphasis on examinations
and rote memorization.
Children, after all, need to experience the thrill of observation and discovery
that is an integral part of experimental science. To expect them to develop an
interest in a subject that is presented to them only in textbook form is, I think,
asking too much.
And that's why the MIC-D digital imaging microscope featured in this issue of
TechnoZone is such a marvelous device - because it inspires children to observe
and experiment on their own. Whether they use the MIC-D to examine plants, insects,
or inanimate objects, it provides them with a whole new way of looking at the
natural world.
In fact, when I first had a chance to use the MIC-D, I found myself wondering
what my life might have been like if such a thing had existed when I was child.
Who knows? Perhaps by now I could have become a Nobel prize-winning scientist!
Kazufusa Taneichi
Technozone Editor |
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