From our recent visit to the Deutsches Museum, I not only learned lots from our guided tour, but had enough time to explore a few of the other exhibits located in the huge museum. One of, if not the exhibit that amazed me the most was the Nanotechnology and Biotechnology section. Here, not only was the place looking as though set in the future, but it was designed to be incredibly interactive to a widespread audience. In this case, for me not having a huge background with the material, I found it easy and very interesting to learn more about the subject.
Aside from technology-ridden glass touchscreen cabinets, I found an exhibit that showcased the movement of bacteria and other lifeforms on a nanoscale, and compared two common types of moment patterns for animals that move in water. This is important to showcase because at a nanoscale, water is the consistency of honey. Through this experiment, I found that flagella driven propulsion, similar to the way a corkscrew works, is way more effective than the common screw-like propulsion, which makes sense, because flagella and other various bacterium operate by the better method and are designed that way for an abvious reason. I can't wait to go back to see what else the Museum has to offer...
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I really enjoyed the use of technology to explain the in and outs of nano technology. The touch screens that were connected to the main touch screen were amazing. I have not seen any exhibits that used tech in such a smooth way. Although, there were a few screens that did not work correct.
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed this section. It was fun to use the hands on tools to really get an understanding of how some of these things work. I was also interested to learn the different uses of nanotechnologies in everyday items.
ReplyDeleteThe nanotechnology section was one of my favorite parts as well. I particularly enjoyed the section where they had treated the surface of a material with some coating so that water beaded up on it like on a lotus flower and then you got to see the water slide down the slides like a marble. That was a really cool exhibit.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this was the coolest display. It was awesome to see the carbon nanotube section and the production of nanotechnology.
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