Jumat, 12 Juli 2013

Molecular Models At The Movies

By Bruno Solberg


Models at the Motion pictures

Indigo Instruments isn't only about supplying scientific kit to schools technicians, homeschoolers and students carrying out their science fair project. No! A fair handful of molecular models and numerous other products have produced their method to Hollywood, got themselves around the small screen and featured in some offbeat web experiments.

VP Stephan Logan explains how Rob Cohen's 2005 movie "Stealth" is described on the net Film Database as "Surprisingly enjoyable". Why? Because a plot line primarily based on 3 pilots deeply ensconced within a top-secret military system struggling to bring an artificial intelligence system beneath control prior to it initiates WWIII sounds just so unsurprising. The movie attributes intense action, violence and innuendo. But, much more excitingly in addition, it attributes a 17-layer DNA model from Indigo. So, for what was it these pilots necessary a model of DNA? You will must watch the film to discover.

Among Indigo's "anatomically correct" 12-layer DNA models also functions within the current hit movie "Fantastic Four." In this marvelous piece of cinema, a group of astronauts acquire superpowers right after getting exposed to cosmic radiation (yeah, appropriate!) and are destined to utilize them in fighting the world-dominating plans in the evil Medical professional Victor Von Doom. They couldn't have believed of a a lot more corny name for the villain, but at least the DNA molecular model utilised in the movie is scientifically accurate, possessing been built towards the highest specifications by Indigo's Logan himself.

When once again, superheroes will be the subject of one more film to feature molecular model kits supplied to Hollywood by Indigo Instruments. In "Return of Zoom", a film based on the graphic novel "Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted" by Jason Lethcoe, an unpopular higher college girl sent to superhero college by her "mysterious" father and discovers her hidden talents (a la Harry Potter, methinks). The makers of this movie, also utilized a DNA model from Indigo to reveal the inner workings of human genetics at the molecular level. Regrettably, for Indigo's image, the director asked for the model to be specially created so that it would fall apart simply. Never ask why, you are going to need to go see the film. Needless to say, any models you acquire from Indigo Instruments will likely be made to much more exacting standards and are guaranteed not to fall apart!

Stepping back in the superheroes, Indigo Instruments was proud also to provide a entire series of chemical models for the creating of Eddie Murphy blockbuster, "The Nutty Professor". Mineral models including an enormous zeolite model as well as a model in the structure of diamond have been used to fantastic effect inside the film as Professor Sherman Klump, desperately wanting to lose weight, requires a chemical cocktail that morphs him into the slimly obnoxious Buddy Adore. The mineral models function prominently as classic examples of Klump's laboratory equipment.

Molecular models from Indigo Instruments have not only caught Hollywood's eye, but arthouse directors have turned to Indigo Instruments to supply them with molecular models too. So, Indigo can now lay claim to obtaining appeared in the Toronto Film Festival.

DNA as well as other molecular models from Indigo, have also hit the tiny screen in Tv crime show "Law & Order", in sci-fi classic "Stargate Atlantis", and on CBS News during the celebrations on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA.

It's not just the entertainment industry that is fascinated by Indigo's DNA models. "We've also sold a 17-layer DNA model to such organizations as Bell Labs, IBM, and even shipped one to Erasmus University Hospital in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where the SARS virus was first identified," says Indigo SD Stephan Logan. In addition NASA lesson plans such as their magnets and life lesson cites Indigo Instruments as a useful source of powerful rare earth magnets. Images from Indigo Instruments have been employed on numerous lecture tours and in science demonstrations such as those by staff at Wisha University. A chemical flask from Indigo has even been adapted to make a heliograph, or sun tracker.

"We have sold DNA models to lawyers for court cases involving patent issues," adds Logan, "major museums and institutions, such as the Bill Clinton Museum, Howard Hughes Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Hospital, US Naval Academy, Harvard University, New York University and elsewhere, also have our DNA models and others on display." Intriguingly, even the infamous Martha Stewart has bought glassware from Indigo, in the form of test tubes and Erlenmeyer flasks for use in floral arrangements.




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