This detail of the X-Y Stage Device shows the camera carriage and drive belt assembly. The map is visible on the background.

 
The Turbine Generator is designed so that the function of each element is readily apparent to the visitor.
The Steam Engine model uses precision ball bushings and hardened shafts for smooth maintenance free operation
 
The Rain Forest display knocks down trees and sets them back up again - hundreds of times a day.

The Probability Machine demonstrates, in grand fashion, the reality of normal distribution.  
The Sunken Treasures display combines a computer controlled X-Y table with touchscreen interface and video.
The Mayan Calendar combines mechanical activity with computer graphics for a unique effect.  
 
The Mayan Abacus explains the obscure concept of base-20 mathematics in a physically interactive way.
The 14-foot-tall Godzilla monster ate up the competition at the 1990 NAMM show in Anaheim's Convention Center.  
 
The Global Warming display brings sound, lights and motions to the rather stais subject material of global carbon dioxide emissions.
The Four Cycle engine model proves a fun way to learn technically complex material.  
 
This view of the Descriptive Geometry display shows the rotating ellipse elements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   
       
 
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