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it would be cool to do this on one of david durlach's video spinners...they are very cool and durable kit that visitors both love and cant break.

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On Jun 3, 2013, at 1:24 PM, William Katzman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> I should also state that we see this as an animation that could be played forward or rewound quickly or skipped in a manner similar to: http://htwins.net/scale2/ or http://www.powersof10.com/ or like so many of those wonderful time lapsed video pieces made into exhibits that allow you to see it slowly, quickly or rewind it as you like.
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>> I am discussing with a colleague the idea of an animation that would allow one to "time travel" to see how the universe formed (formation of the galaxies, etc) in the span of a couple of minutes (so it can be adapted into an exhibit).  I figured I would tap the collective conscious of this group to see what experiences people have had in the past regarding animations.  In particular I am curious about 
>> 1) Cost Estimates (In the past I have seen figures on the order of 5k-10k / minute of animation) does this ring true?
>> 2) Pitfalls to avoid.
>> 3) Do you know of any similar projects (I have seen the computational pieces put out by U.Chicago:  http://cosmicweb.uchicago.edu/filaments.html )
>> 4) If pursued and funded I expect this would be released free of charge on the web and for use by science centers...would that be interesting to you?
>> 5) Other experiences you feel we should learn from.
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>> Thanks so much in advance for any constructive comments.
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>> -William
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