This 'samurai' does not use a sword to conquer the masses.
Instead, Mr Darren Tan uses a boomerang made of strips of cardboard and a bicycle wheel balanced on his finger to combat people's ignorance about science.
The self-dubbed 'science samurai' is a physics teacher at Pioneer Junior College (PJC) who performs experiments using simple household items.
He was among the 10 finalist teams in the Science Buskers Festival organised by the Singapore Science Centre yesterday to spark interest in the subject through creative performances.
Mr Tan, 28, created the persona specially for the competition, as he sees himself as a 'defender of the honour of science'.
At PJC, he has earned a reputation for using common objects in an uncommon way to teach.
He uses materials such as plastic bottles, packets of chilli sauce and clothes hangers in his demonstrations, which are recorded and uploaded on YouTube.
'Time is limited in class, but on the Internet, students can go and view the demonstrations in their own free time,' said Mr Tan, who began teaching in 2007.
'Learning does not stop after class. The students can conduct the demonstrations themselves and spread the enthusiasm for science to their friends,' added the man who graduated from Princeton University with a degree in physics in 2004.
Huang Huifen
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