Girl Scout Troop 3064 would like to send a special note of thanks to Jason Coposky and everyone else at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) in Chapel Hill. Our troop was very fortunate to visit RENCI and learn about their visualization group. We were able to experience first-hand a number of really cool scientific applications that the group has created. Among the many RENCI creations that we explored are: a Social Computing Room filled with panoramic images of the bodies of the solar system, a view of London from the very top of St. Paul’s Cathedral and high-resolution cancer images, taken from multiple viewpoints; a 3-D Room filled with “magic†recreations of an F3 tornado, two colliding galaxie, and a journey to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way; and a “4-D†Dome in which we “immersed†(“immersion†being the take-home word of the day) ourselves in simulations of high-speed driving, the inner anatomy of the human body and an entertaining cartoon on visual illusions related to size, mass and distance.
Our visit to RENCI was a fantastic learning experience for our girls, as well as a wonderful opportunity for them to consider what is possible for their future.
Thank you, Jason and RENCI.
Kara Fecho and Kristen Zuco
Girl Scout Troop 3064