The Amazing Aging Machine
You're not getting any younger.
By age 20, your neurons start dying. By 30, your ears start to droop. By 50, half
your body hair turns gray. But it's not all gray hairs and gravity - find out why we age and what happens when we do!
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The Machine
Ontario Science Centre visitors get to grow old in a matter of minutes. No, not
because we have long line ups... at our Amazing Aging Machine! Located in the Human
Body hall, the machine uses state-of-the-art aging software developed in
partnership with Aprilage Development Inc. of Toronto to add decades to the faces
of 8-12 year olds.
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But I don't want to look that way!
The Amazing Aging Machine doesn't guarantee that's how you'll age. How you'll look
and feel when you're older is mostly up to you. Lots of aspects of aging are predictable—you're
certain to get some gray hair—but smoking, sitting out in the sun for long
periods, not exercising and eating poorly will speed up the aging process and make
your skin look worse in old age.
So slap on some sunscreen and eat your broccoli!
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Got a password?
If you have visited the Science Centre and have been "aged", enter your
password in the box on the right to pick up your photos! (Sorry - if it's been 30
days since you "aged", we no longer have your photos.)
If you have forgotten or lost your password, you're welcome to return to the Ontario
Science Centre and grow old all over again. You might even like the results better
the second time around!