Library+of+Imagination

=Library Of Imagination=

Brian Chen and Isaac Waller

//If you could open your own “Libra////ry of Imagination” and could store anything from human history what would you put on display? Remember the items in the library should reflect the potential of human imagination. List the items and state why they deserve to be in your museum. What features would the building itself have?// =media type="file" key="MLOI2.swf" width="601" height="601" align="right"=

Main Floor
The main floor of our museum holds a permanent exhibit containing some of the most important objects that ever existed representing the potential of the human imagination. Most items are inside clear glass cases and are for viewing only, though some replicas are interactive exhibits. Five examples of these objects are listed below.

ENIAC was the first general purpose computer, created for military purposes. It represents the potential of human imagination because they had thought up using their imagination something which was better then them at something (mathematics.)
 * [[image:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44233000/jpg/_44233920_eniac_spl_416.jpg width="245" height="180"]] || **ENIAC**

Picture: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7090811.stm || A thumbtack is a small pin you use to attach documents to a wall. This simple tool represents that even the simplest imagination can be useful.
 * [[image:Untitled.png]] || **Thumbtack**

Picture: http://intannyata.com.my/store/index.php?cPath=50&language=en || A pencil sharpener is a small tool that will sharpen a pencil. Before a pencil sharpener was created, you would have to sharpen a pencil with a knife. Someone obviously realized that this could be made easier, and imagined the pencil sharpener. This deserves to be in our museum because even though it is simple, it improves the lives of millions of people by a small amount, every day.
 * [[image:imgres.jpeg]] || **Pencil Sharpener**

Picture: http://www.weirdomatic.com/pencil-sharpeners.html || A smoke alarm is a small device that will sound an alarm if it detects smoke in the air, to warn anyone nearby that their may be a fire. The smoke alarm is an application of human imagination towards safety.
 * [[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQsZZmhFBJ0fSZ8tiQ6tGgi4Ii6rLtdR_JQkwpucGKeyDQCK6A&t=1&usg=__1KwSO-LlwXAwAWFPLhZThyiHxCU= width="202" height="202"]] || **Smoke Alarm**

Image: http://www.solarjamaica.com/firesfe.htm || A toothbrush is a small brush with a long handle attached, used to clean one's teeth. The toothbrush is an example of imagination used to improve our health.
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Toothbrush_x3_20050716_002.jpg/300px-Toothbrush_x3_20050716_002.jpg width="254" height="179"]] || **Toothbrush**

Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toothbrush_x3_20050716_002.jpg ||

Featured Exhibit
Our museum contains a featured exhibit which is replaced every few months. The featured exhibit features large or large amounts of numerous, often trivial items centred around a main subject. This month's featured exhibit is __Ancient Imagination__.

We have always been fascinated by fireworks. They captivate our imaginations - and it must have taken some imagination to think them up! after all, fireworks really are just leisure items, and gunpowder itself is so difficult to link to those coloured flashes in the sky. || What is as long as a piece of string? Rope has been around for centuries, yet is often overlooked. It's hard to find the imagination in rope, but if somebody didn't have the extremely random yet imaginative idea of weaving plant fibres, we might still be tying things together with vines! || From chewing on licorice root to today's high-end chocolates, candy has come a long way. It is an imaginative concept to create something for the pleasure of eating it and selling it at ridiculous prices! || A waterwheel is a great example of imagination - who turns something like a wheel, which moves along, into a stationary object that (as far as the ancients were concerned) had no practical use when it was thought up of. Waterwheels should not be overlooked, however. To this day, they provide us with a steady source of power.
 * media type="youtube" key="UhN6v7E5Yhk?fs=1" height="190" width="320" || **Fireworks**
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Rope.jpg/200px-Rope.jpg width="180" height="273"]] || **Rope**
 * [[image:http://www.97thfloor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/candy-2.jpg width="303" height="189" align="left"]] || **Candy**
 * [[image:http://www.wellingtoncelebrant.com/images/Percy%27s%20Reserve%20Water%20Wheel.jpg width="250" height="124"]] || **Waterwheel**

Image: wellingtoncelebrant.com || Making something purely for writing on is a very imaginative concept - especially since there were already many natural materials to use. We have become more and more dependant on paper, especilly with the invention of printers ||
 * [[image:http://wallsandfabrics.com/Store/images/RicePaperWallPaper-ne220_w_big.jpg width="250" height="250"]] || **Paper**

Ground Floor
The ground floor of our museum consists of a movie theatre with a 360 degree panoramic screen that surrounds the viewer for an exceptional viewing experience, with a concession stand that sells popcorn, drinks, etc. Films played at our theatre educate viewers about the human imagination, including documentaries and especially imaginative feature films.

=Individual Work (top three items)= There were many items in our combined library of imagination, but the items I chose as the most important were the first airplane, the first wheel and the pyramids. I chose the first airplane because it is was a great leap in the way we travel and is very important in our history, and the history of human imagination. The first wheel was chosen because it signifies that there are simple solutions to some problems if you are imaginative enough. Finally, I chose the pyramids because it is hard to imagine that humans could build such a large structure so long ago, but someone imagined that they could and succeeded.