I have been having a lot of problems with my office computer lately. I've had to call IT each time I've gone in so hopefully that gets resolved soon because I can't even get Windows to load on most occasions. It's a little surprising how much I use the computer -- especially email. In these few weeks I've emailed the University of Maryland College Park Medical Campus about procuring a set of plastinated healthy lungs for the Bodies Exhibit. Apparently a lot of the other plastinated organs that we use were loaned to us by the medical school. I was also given the task of photographing the Gas Model exhibit and email them to the Exploratorium (the well-renowned science museum in San Francisco). The Gas Model piece is actually a very cool illustration of gas molecules and pressure. Bouncy balls represent air molecules, and as they randomly bounce around they push on a piston-like piece of board. I attached some of the photos below:
The most exciting thing of recent is probably the opening of the Pirates/Shipwrecks Exhibit in the traveling exhibits hall. I was able to see the installation of all the pieces before it opened, walk through the exhibit on the first day of its public opening, and this past weekend when almost everything was finished in it. I wrote a brief review below, but be sure to check it out in person before the museum replaces it in january:
