My Discovery World Experience

On March 25th, my "Emerging Technologies" class went to Discovery World for a class field trip; to which I haven't been since I was just a wee tot.  This place is full of exciting and cool technologies. Some of their technologies were educational and were good experiences. The HIVE, sponsored by MATC, was one of my favorite attractions, which is composed of a Virtual Program that created the Virtual Milwaukee that can be useful for business environments. It can help any business get an idea of expanding their buildings or adding more space.  Businesses are always expanding and there are always more businesses being build. It can help the construction business get a view of what their projects will be like. It will also make things easier if they can see and move things around when it is actually not build yet.  We went into the HIVE in several groups and my group was the last to go in.  My group went into virtual space, which we "learned" that Pluto isn't really a planet anymore.

Another favorite of mine was the Flight Simulator .  There we got to fly a life-like plane.  This simulated experience practically matches the real experience.  I only wish I got a few pictures where one classmate lost a wing in mid-flight and someone else landed and flipped over her plane (I'm not mentioning any names Professor Theel).

Another Interesting thing I did was lie on a bed of nails.  We lied on a clear platform and someone who worked there would turn on the nails raising them slightly above the surface.  It was an interesting sensation.