Post #4

The Deuschtes Museum was a very big place with so many interesting to explore. All had very interactive setting and things to do. One of my favorite places in the museum was the pharmaceutical exhibit. I wrote my paper on the eras right before the museum started their more modern exhibit. It is very interesting to see how the technology has changed the medical industry. Now people are able to see how the inside of a cell functions or how a virus/bacteria works against the body. To see how scientists can quickly test new dieases and find cures to them in months rather than years. It is all very important for people and I think that most people take for grant the medicine we have available to us today.

Post #3

I thought that the Textile Mill was very interesting. I had never put much thought into how my clothes were made or how much history was behind the textile mill industry. It was so interesting to see how the machines changed with the times and how the more they changed the more elaborate the patterns could be on the fabric. I also found the exhibit were it showed the evolution of clothing. From how it went from modest to standing out and back. I never knew that fashion jumped back and forth so much.

Deutsches Museum Exhibits

There are so many exhibits in the Deutsches Museum that I found to be fascinating, that it is difficult to pick just a few things to discuss. One exhibit I found to be very interesting was the ceramics display. There, it showed the evolution of ceramics through the ages, from coil pots through to the modern age. I found the section on pottery from ancient Greece to be especially informative. I did not know that they didn’t glaze their pieces, but instead used a complex system of firing the pieces to obtain the iconic orange and black designs.

I also loved the exhibit on various instruments used in mathematics. They had a whole display on slide rules and on the evolution of calculators. It is difficult to think that our pocket sized calculators used to be the size of old typewriters.

Of course I saw so much like the Enigma machines that I researched, the early computers, the history of papermaking, and so much more. Unfortunately, I cannot write about everything. I am just so amazed that the museum had so much there. It was fantastic.

Computer Science at the Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum was one of my favorite locations of the entire trip, and my favorite part of the museum was the computer science exhibition. Last semester I took one of my favorite college courses (have I said 'favorite' enough?) called Logic and Digital Design, EE3770, which was essentially embodied throughout the entire museum exhibit of binary circuits and logic. It contained a lot of neat examples of basic logic functions using mechanical circuits. It was really cool to see demonstration circuits of functions that I had designed and wired in class! I have never before felt like I understood and related to a museum exhibition so thoroughly. The fact that we got to visit one of the biggest science museums in the world was such an incredible experience, and I felt so lucky to have been able to experience it if only for two days!

Here are some pictures of circuits that I have wired in class before!

 

 

The Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum had a most of its top floors dedicated to the different areas of astronomy. But the one part of astronomy I found most interesting was the room dedicated to the Big Bang theory. There were physical exhibits to try make the ideas involved in the theory easier to understand. There was a soccer ball to show how big the universe was when it was much less than a second old. There were also two large boxes filled with white and black sand to show how much matter and antimatter was present in the beginning of the universe, and there was only a single grain of white sand to show how much matter is still left. The room also had screens that would show the background radiation in the universe that led to the development of the theory in the first place. The entire room was also organized in such a way that showed how the universe had changed throughout the many years since it's birth. I found this room very interesting and hope that more people had seen this unique exhibit.

Blog Post #4: Deutsches Museum

My first impression of the Deutsches Museum was that it housed a vast array of scientific technology. It included items of which their history I would have never even considered, such as weather tracking and mining. During my free time, I really enjoyed the renewable energy exhibit. With Germany as such a successful county with renewable energy, it was a perfect place to learn about their advancements. We kept seeing these blind-like windows on our trip, including at the BMW Welt. In the renewable energy exhibit, there was a poster on these. It explained how insanely smart these windows are. The slats between the window panes direct the light into the room and use the light to create electricity. When the windows are shut, the panes can absorb the light and convert it to be used to heat the space. How awesome is that??? I really enjoyed seeing the size comparison of the wind turbine blades too. I know that they are massive, but seeing a blade in front of me really put the size in perspective. I think renewable energy is a very important part of engineering. Saving our planet and becoming independent of fossil fuels is crucial for preserving the state of our planet.

Blog Post 4: Deutsches Museum Round 2

Hello fellow students and travelers,
On our last full day of the trip we went to the Deutsches Museum for the second and final time. For a few hours of our time there we toured areas related to the Industrial Revolution. Then we were given hours of free time to explore on our own, which is when I found an area that interested me greatly. The Pharmaceutics section of the museum was my favorite part of free time. I could walk around and read about cells and cell mutations, or look into "microscope" and see what a blocked artery looked like on the cell level. There was also information on medicines, from the past as well as the present. Also on display were some medical instruments. Since I don't plan to become a doctor I didn't understand what all of them were for, but they were still interesting to look at and read about. Probably the coolest part about this section of the museum was the huge cell in the middle of the room. Couldn't have missed it. We could walk into it and see parts such as the mitochondria, nucleus, etc. In the cell were also little "microscopes" in which we could look into and see what may go on inside some of the parts of the cell. I loved being able to look through past and present medical excerpts. We could see how some areas of the medical world progressed and improved. It's really amazing what we can do now with medicine.
Well, this is goodbye. Until the next adventure!
-B

Blog #4 Airplane Exhibit

Today in my free time of the Deutsches Museum, one of my favorite parts was seeing the first mass produced airplane. They also had the engine that was in the model on display with all of its specs. It was really interesting how fast technology in airplanes came along. The first mass produced plane was made by the Wright brothers in 1909 and was made of cloth and wood. To think that only 30 short years later we had full sized bombers in WW2 is incredible. They helped change the world of transportation for the better and worse with these inventions.

Shapes of constant width

On our last day in the Deutsches Museum we were given several hours to roam the museum ourselves. One place that caught my attention was the mathematics cabinet. Inside I found a section on shapes of constant width. These are interesting shapes that have the same width no matter how you measure it. The most common shape is the circle. However there are several other shapes that have this property too, such as the Reuleaux triangle. It is interesting because these irregular shapes can roll just as smoothly as a circle.

Deutsches Museum Day Two

Hello Fellow Travelers,

On our last day of this fantastic adventure we visited the Deutsches Museum for the second time. This time we had a guided tour of exhibits pertaining to the industrial revolution. We visited exhibits such as a under ground mine, early wind and water power, steam engines, and tools of this new age. All of this was very interesting to see how technology grew from hand labor to machines doing the grunt work of every day products. We were then given free time to roam the giant museum on our own. My favorite exhibit I found was the mechanical toys exhibit. Which, had Lego's, Fischer Technics, and other toys that children could build. I enjoyed this exhibit because it brought back good memories of just spending hours building what came to me. It was also cool to see what were the first set of Lego's ever to be produced.

Until the next trip fellow travelers.

Blog Post #4- Deutsches Experience

Travelers,

During my personal time at the museum I was able to explore all the floors of the museum. I saw many things that interested me and related to our trip. I started in the pharmaceutical area where I learned about medical chests and their roll in the development of medicine. Medical chests were carried by travelers in the 1500 and 1600's. They contained herbs and other random items that were believed to have healing qualities. These chests were also very decorative. Perhaps this attracted customers or even implied that the items inside were extra special. Once society began to study medicine more in depth, and require education to do so, these chests slowly began to disappear. Thus, medicine began to be a field for the educated. In addition to the pharmaceutical area, I also explored the astronomy area. Here I learned about capturing images of stars. I was surprised to learn that the first captured image of a star was taken in 1850. This was before cameras were popular and used for family photo's. Cameras were a rarity but clearly were used for science. Scientists were now able to capture their observations as they were. ( Even if the quality of the image wasn't that great). Overall I learned a lot about a variety of subjects, but these two experiences I felt were most applicable to our class.

For the last time.

Sincerely,

A.W

blog #4

I wandered around several areas of the museum and was just amazed with its size. I can understand how it is the largest science museum in the world. However, my favorite part would be the mathematics corner. There were several hands on activities that we could play with. My favorite one that sparked my interest was a Möbius strip. It appears to look like a ring with a twist in it. However, the strip appears to be two sided but it only one. It blew my mind that I could run my fingers around the strip and make it back to the beginning without lifting my finger.

Pharmaceutical Area

During my free time in the Deuctsches Musuem I enjoyed looking around in the pharmaceutical area. There were so many cool things to look at and read and I learned more than I thought I might. There were old machines and medical devices that I didn't quite understand, but they were interesting to observe. My favorite part of the pharmaceutical area was the giant cell they had displayed. You were able to walk right into this cell and see the nucleus, the mitochondria, the cell membrane, and more. It is so fascinating how scientists and doctors have discovered what a human cell actually looks like and how they have shared their knowledge. Without the invention and progression of microscopes, we might not know all that we do about cells and the human body that we do today. Outside of the cell, there were some more modern forms of medicine and practices that I enjoyed as well. It is good to know about the history of medicine and also today's medicine to ensure the human race can remain healthy and continue to improve in the medical field.