BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Silver Spring -- Discovery headquarters -- Internal Exhibits

MD -- Silver Spring -- Discovery headquarters -- Internal Exhibits:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. DISCIX_091116_004.JPG: Eureka! George Rhoads' Audio-Kinetic Sculpture: George Rhoads is a multi-talented artist of international renown and the creator of original works of art. His sculptures are widely recognized as popular music artworks that incorporate technology while retaining their aesthetic integrity. Eureka! was commissioned by Discovery Networks and constructed at Rock Stream Studios in Ithaca, New York. We invite you to take a few minutes to pause and explore this imaginative triumph of technological wizardry.
2. DISCIX_091116_006.JPG: (The head just below the globe:) The Monkey Table: The ape-like figure with moving arms hits the ball back and forth across a flat table until, totally at random, they fall through a hole and continue on their amazing journey.
3. DISCIX_091116_018.JPG: Called "Eureka!", it's an audio-kinetic sculpture by George Rhoads. Basically, a screw device (blue) lifts balls up to the top of the sculpture. From there, the balls travel somewhat randomly over a number of paths before they reach the bottom and come back up again. There are a number of signs around it which give you a number of details: George Rhoads is a multi-talented artist of international renown and the creator of original works of art. His sculptures are widely recognized as popular music artworks that incorporate technology while retaining their aesthetic integrity. Eureka! was commissioned by Discovery Networks and constructed at Rock Stream Studios in Ithaca, New York. We invite you to take a few minutes to pause and explore this imaginative triumph of technological wizardry.
4. DISCIX_091116_037.JPG: (A hexagonal flat with pegs in it:) The Jiggle Pin Board: The movement of the balls on the "Jiggle Pin Board" depicts random movement, similar to the movement of microscopic particles suspended in liquids or gases.
5. DISCIX_091116_040.JPG: (A red mallot-device:) The Whacker. "Randomness" exists in nature, and lives in this kinetic sculpture as well. Whenever a ball is knocked off its path by the rotating club known as the "Whacker," it produces a musical note before it rejoins the balls traveling on the main track.
6. DISCIX_091116_058.JPG: (The red triangle at the top:) The Clumper: With a childlike sense of fun, the sculpture combines the whimsical and the scientific in the "Clumper," a motorized randomizer device which sends from one to seven balls into a rollercoaster loop.
7. DISCIX_091116_062.JPG: The Clumper: With a childlike sense of fun, the sculpture combines the whimsical and the scientific in the "Clumper," a motorized randomizer device which sends from one to seven balls into a rollercoaster loop.
8. DISCIX_091116_067.JPG: (The gong at the top above the screen:) Reaction Balls: This device illustrates energy transfer. The last ball in knocks the first ball out to strike the chime.
9. DISCIX_091116_068.JPG: Reaction Balls: This device illustrates energy transfer. The last ball in knocks the first ball out to strike the chime.
10. DISCIX_091116_086.JPG: Mammoth tooths
11. DISCIX_091116_108.JPG: January 25, 2007: Paul Sr.'s Build-Off Bike: You could almost smell the testosterone as Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr. competed to see who could build the prototype bike that best defines the future of Orange County Choppers. Fan voted at the grand opening of the OCC's first dealership in Florida and picked Paul Jr.'s design as the next production chopper. Paul Sr. may have lost the build-off but his bike won a place in our lobby.
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