San Antonio 2110
What do the first PC, the first VLSI Wi-Fi, the largest telecom
in the US, the human genome, Lasik eye
surgery and the first US astronaut to walk
in space have in common?
1972 PC Architecture1977 LAN ARCNET
Personal Computer Age
1968
Chris Fox
First VLSI implementation
of the IEEE 802.11b
wireless LAN protocol
known as WiFi (Fischer)
Very large-scale integration allowing over 100,000 transistors on a chip
Lt. Colonel Edward
White
Pilot for Gemini 4, which was a 66-revolution, 4-day mission June 3 - 7, 1965.
1965
Missions
San Jose
San Juan
Espada
Concepcion
Alamo & Frontier Legends
CACI
Northrop Grumman
Lockheed Martin
General Electric
Pratt & Whitney
Chromalloy
Proxtronics
Veridian
Mitre
OnBoard Soft
Secure INFO
dNovus
Frontline Systems
Karta
Secure LOGIX
Titan
Adtech
Digital Defense
Denim Group
First Aero Squadron, Old # 1
1910
• 1910 First military man to teach himself to fly• Only person to ever learn to fly by mail • First and only military test pilot flying Old No. 1• First to invent seat belt and wheels• 1911 First to fly more than 100
miles non-stop• First on an operational reconnaissance flight• First to test use of radio in flight
Benjamin D. Foulois
Star Film Ranch
1910
Gaston Méliès
“Voyage a la lune”
Night skywriterLoop-the LoopSnap roll on top of the loopFlying school in worldU.S. AirmailJapan and ChinaFly alone at nightOnly to enlist WWITrained WWI fighter pilotsAirport in San Antonio
1912
1927
First Academy Award Film
Established in 1918 as the Air Service Medical Research Laboratory, the School of Aviation Medicine (SAM) [later the School of Aerospace Medicine (SAM)] has served as
the military's primary aviation medical research center by studying the effects of flight upon the human body.
School of Aviation Medicine Class of 1929
“Air City”Harold Clark -Largest construction project undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since the Panama Canal. 1930
Tom Slick founded SwRI in 1947 on Cable Ranch, 1,200 acres, 2MM feet of labs and facilities, $435 million in contract research in 2005, 1,500 sponsored projects each year, and 2,761 employees.
1947
“Science City”
Jet AgeOffice of History
San Antonio Air Logistics Center
Kelly Air Force Base
“Great
White
Way”
B-47
B-58 Hustler B-52
1955
1960
1960
Technicians
Technologists
PhDs
Rise of the Hispanic Middle Class
”Mayor” -- Nelson Wolfe
Hall of Fame1961 - 2002
William A. Mallow, SwRI
1963
“This Nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it.” --John F. Kennedy,Nov 21, 1963
Man-In-Space Program
Star Wars: Episode 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Lord of the Rings, The Passion of the Christ, Spider-Man 2, The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down, Star Trek Nemesis, AI, Jimmy Neutron, Jurassic Park III, Spy Kids, Charlie’s Angels, The Gladiator, Red Planet, Titanic
Tim Jenison
1985
10 patents that have changed the world
Cut the number who die from heart disease in half annually.
Julio C. Palmaz, M.D.
1988
Palmaz Stent®
1998
Richard Yoo & Dirk Elmendorf
Richard V. Butler, Ph.D.Mary E. Stefl, Ph.D.Trinity University
SFBR is home to the world's largest computer cluster devoted to statistical genetic analysis.
2004
2005
SwRI, Training, Simulation and Performance
Improvement
AETC Holodeck
Northrop Grumman
2005
Alamo – 1910Wings - 1927 Sugarland Express - 1973The Yellow Rose - 1983Lost in America - 1984Johnny Be Good - 1987Nadine - 1986Pee Wee's Big Adventure - 1985Toy Soldiers - 1990Fatherhood - 19928 Seconds - 1993Lolita - 1995Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls - 1995The Newton Boys - 1997Waking Life - 1999All the Pretty Horses - 1999Miss Congeniality - 2000American Outlaws - 2000
1910 - 2006
“San Antonio is
a city of the future.”
Fujio Cho, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation
spaceTEAMSSan Antonio,TX
Middle School
MechatronicsThe synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics, control systems and computers.
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Departments at RPIAll Contents Copyright(C) 2001 Mechatronics Lab at RPI
US First-EISDAndrew SchuetzeSan Antonio,TX
High School
Adapted from Charles OstmanSenior Fellow
Institute for Global Futures
NEURO NANO
BIOINFO
Adapted from Charles OstmanSenior Fellow
Institute for Global Futures
NEURO NANO
BIOINFO
S&T Convergence
Technical applications of biological molecules including protein-based materials, DNA-based
materials, biomineralization, cellular systems and bioelectronics.
http://www.nanobionics3.de/
NanoBionics
NanoBionic Actuators
Tethered bacterium
Swimming bacteriumSwimming speed ~ 20-30 mProtons flux/motor ~ 1200 proton/rev
Tethered bacterium Motor efficiency ~ 90-100 % Output power ~ 2.9×10-4 pWStall torque ~ 4600 pN-nm
Nano-motor (45 nm wide)
Genetic Engineering
Harmless E. coli
Mohamed Al-Fandi, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor of NEMS & MEMSDept. of Mechanical Engineering & BiomechanicsUniversity of Texas
Automotive
Energy-CHP
MechatronicsThe synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics, control systems and computers.
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Departments at RPIAll Contents Copyright(C) 2001 Mechatronics Lab at RPI
“Robots at same stage as 1978 PCs.”
--Baylor University, Carbonara
and Korpi
Machine Actors
v
v
MIT Tech Review, 2005
This is a ROBOT
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/03102801.pdf , page 16
(Harbor Research, 2003)
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1994 - 2004
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(Harbor Research, 2003)
2004 - 2014
2110
Artist - Carlos Lucio, University of the Incarnate; Art Director - Adam Watkins, University of the Incarnate Word; Concept – Jim Brazell
Concept for Institute of Texas Science, Technology and Culture