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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 couple of molecular models and countless other things have made their way to Hollywood, got themselves around the small screen and featured in some offbeat internet experiments.

VP Stephan Logan explains how Rob Cohen's 2005 movie "Stealth" is described on the internet Movie Database as "Surprisingly enjoyable". Why? Due to the fact a plot line based on three pilots deeply ensconced inside a top-secret military program struggling to bring an artificial intelligence program under manage prior to it initiates WWIII sounds just so unsurprising. The film characteristics intense action, violence and innuendo. But, much more excitingly additionally, it characteristics a 17-layer DNA model from Indigo. So, for what was it those pilots required a model of DNA? You will need to watch the movie to find out.

Among Indigo's "anatomically correct" 12-layer DNA models also attributes in the existing hit film "Fantastic 4." In this marvelous piece of cinema, a group of astronauts gain superpowers soon after being exposed to cosmic radiation (yeah, proper!) and are destined to work with them in fighting the world-dominating plans of the evil Medical professional Victor Von Doom. They couldn't have thought of a more corny name for the villain, but a minimum of the DNA molecular model utilised within the movie is scientifically correct, having been constructed towards the highest specifications by Indigo's Logan himself.

As soon as once more, superheroes are the topic of an additional movie to function molecular model kits supplied to Hollywood by Indigo Instruments. In "Return of Zoom", a film based on the graphic novel "Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted" by Jason Lethcoe, an unpopular higher school girl sent to superhero college by her "mysterious" father and discovers her hidden talents (a la Harry Potter, methinks). The makers of this film, also utilized a DNA model from Indigo to reveal the inner workings of human genetics in the molecular level. Regrettably, for Indigo's image, the director asked for the model to be specially created in order that it would fall apart easily. Never ask why, you'll have to go see the movie. Needless to say, any models you buy from Indigo Instruments will likely be created to much more exacting requirements and are assured not to fall apart!

Stepping back from the superheroes, Indigo Instruments was proud also to provide a whole series of chemical models for the generating of Eddie Murphy blockbuster, "The Nutty Professor". Mineral models which includes an enormous zeolite model along with a model from the structure of diamond have been employed to wonderful effect in the film as Professor Sherman Klump, desperately looking to drop weight, requires a chemical cocktail that morphs him in to the slimly obnoxious Buddy Enjoy. The mineral models feature prominently as classic examples of Klump's laboratory gear.

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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 too. So, Indigo can now lay claim to having appeared at the Toronto Film Festival.

DNA and also other molecular models from Indigo, have also hit the tiny screen in Television crime show "Law & Order", in sci-fi classic "Stargate Atlantis", and on CBS News during the celebrations from the 50th anniversary on the discovery on 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 a single 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 utilised on numerous lecture tours and in science demonstrations including those 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, inside the form of test tubes and Erlenmeyer flasks for use in floral arrangements.




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