The RTIC, ETSE-UV and the Plaza de Jesús Falla have collaborated in the development of a mobile application called Synapsis UV-FPJ for the dissemination of neuroscientific research.

Fallas 2018 will be again a perfect scenario for the diffusion of art and culture addressed to the general public. With the aim of showing the role of new technologies in the visualization of scientific dissemination, the University Research Institute on Robotics and Information and Communication Technologies (IRTIC) and the Engineering Technical School of the Universitat de València (ETSE-UV) have collaborated along with the Plaza de Jesús Falla in the development of Synapsis UV-FPJ, the mobile application.

Synapsis UV-FPJ uses augmented reality to interact with the ninot of the artist Ramón Solaz, which can be visited at the Ninot Exhibition, opened from March 15th at the faller monument of the Plaza de Jesús Falla of València. The ninot symbolises a neuron which forms part of a virtual brain. The user can explore it through the mobile application to obtain information about the latest discoveries on the field of neuroscience.

The application can be installed on the common operative systems (http://go.uv.es/etsecoordina/synapsis). It identifies the several types of neurons and allows to listen the sounds made by its activation, which represent a truly neuronal mascletà.

The development of Synapsis UV-FPJ has been possible thanks to the support of the Chair for Scientific Dissemination of the Universitat de València, the European Societies Federation of Neuroscience, DANA Foundation and the researching project La Falla Inmaterial.