Concept
This exhibit compares the size of a human liver cell to the size of
a pin point.
Physical interface
A scale model of a pin point with a liver cell on top of it. Next to
it will be a wheel that will control an animation that will zoom in and
out of a rendered image of the pin on the cell to show the size comparison
more clearly. It will also zoom inside the cell down to the level of the
dna.
A close up of a liver cell (this is what the cell should be like except
in colour)
Interaction
The only interaction involves turning the wheel to control the animation
of the zoom in on the pin point. Turn the wheel to the right to zoom in
and to the left to zoom out. The wheel will not turn all the way around
it will simply turn 45 degrees in either direction. When it is zoomed in
as far as it will go the screen will say "woaaa!!.. Too close! Zoom out."
and when it is zoomed out as far as it will go the screen will say "woaaa!!..
Too far away! Zoom in."
Information provided by exhibit
This shows how incredibly tiny cells and dna are and yet how gigantic
the amount of information they can store is compared to how much a computer
(which we consider to be good) can store.
