7/11/2013

Molecular Models In The Films

By Ike McGowan


Models in the Movies

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 modest screen and featured in some offbeat net 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 three pilots deeply ensconced in a top-secret military plan struggling to bring an artificial intelligence plan beneath handle before it initiates WWIII sounds just so unsurprising. The film attributes intense action, violence and innuendo. But, far more excitingly in addition, it attributes a 17-layer DNA model from Indigo. So, for what was it those pilots needed a model of DNA? You'll need to watch the movie to discover.

One of Indigo's "anatomically correct" 12-layer DNA models also characteristics in the existing hit movie "Fantastic Four." Within this marvelous piece of cinema, a group of astronauts gain superpowers following becoming exposed to cosmic radiation (yeah, appropriate!) and are destined to make use of them in fighting the world-dominating plans in the evil Doctor Victor Von Doom. They could not have thought of a a lot more corny name for the villain, but at the very least the DNA molecular model utilised inside the movie is scientifically accurate, having been built for the highest specifications by Indigo's Logan himself.

When once more, 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 primarily based on the graphic novel "Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted" by Jason Lethcoe, an unpopular high college girl sent to superhero school 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. However, for Indigo's image, the director asked for the model to be specially produced to ensure that it would fall apart effortlessly. Don't ask why, you will must go see the film. Needless to say, any models you purchase from Indigo Instruments is going to be made to much more exacting requirements and are assured not to fall apart!

Stepping back in the superheroes, Indigo Instruments was proud also to provide a whole series of chemical models for the producing of Eddie Murphy blockbuster, "The Nutty Professor". Mineral models like a massive zeolite model and a model on the structure of diamond have been utilized to great impact inside the movie as Professor Sherman Klump, desperately looking to shed weight, requires a chemical cocktail that morphs him into the slimly obnoxious Buddy Love. The mineral models feature prominently as classic examples of Klump's laboratory gear.

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

DNA and also other molecular models from Indigo, have also hit the little screen in Television crime show "Law & Order", in sci-fi classic "Stargate Atlantis", and on CBS News during the celebrations from the 50th anniversary in the discovery from 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 1 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 countless lecture tours and in science demonstrations such as these 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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