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fandomhigh2012-09-11 12:53 am
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Mad Science & You: Week 3 (Tuesday, Period 3)
This week, the Danger Shop had been transformed into a massive underground lab. Dozens of switches and wires ran across the thick concrete walls. Vials full of strange chemicals bubbled away on top of Bunsen burners. Large pieces of retro-futuristic machinery were set up throughout the room.
There was an odd hole in the floor, as though some kind of plasma-based space sword had recently been stabbed into it.
A naked woman lay unconscious in a semi-transparent glass box. Long cables connected her to both a giant Tesla coil and a unmoving golden female android sitting in a nearby chair.
Prof Tomoe completely ignored the women as he addressed the class. "Welcome to the Metropolis!" he said. "Today, we're going to explore another important step in the early history of mad science. Dr Frankenstein's work in reanimation relied entirely on organic tissue. However, in this universe, Dr C.A. Rotwang's work was the first to combine human elements with a completely different material -- robotics."
He gestured wildly towards the golden robot with one hand. "You're about to see this robot be fully transformed into a perfect physical and mental duplicate of this woman--" He gestured towards the woman in the box with the other hand. "--one of the leaders of a workers' rebellion that is threatening to tear this city apart. This is a re-staged simulation, so you won't be able to affect anything, but let's see the process in motion."
He snapped his fingers, and the scene sprang to life as a scientist with wild hair and darting eyes entered the room.
Everything in the room froze as the robot woman finally opened her eyes. Prof Tomoe turned back to face the students.
"For today's activity, I want to you come up with a concept design for your own android. If you had full access to Dr Rotwang's lab here, what kind of being would you create? What would it look like, what would it's purpose be, how much destructive power would you give it, and so on. When you've come up with your own design, compare it with a classmate's and try to convince them that yours is better."
He grinned. "And don't throw your concept design away after class. We'll be coming back to robotics later in the term."
There was an odd hole in the floor, as though some kind of plasma-based space sword had recently been stabbed into it.
A naked woman lay unconscious in a semi-transparent glass box. Long cables connected her to both a giant Tesla coil and a unmoving golden female android sitting in a nearby chair.
Prof Tomoe completely ignored the women as he addressed the class. "Welcome to the Metropolis!" he said. "Today, we're going to explore another important step in the early history of mad science. Dr Frankenstein's work in reanimation relied entirely on organic tissue. However, in this universe, Dr C.A. Rotwang's work was the first to combine human elements with a completely different material -- robotics."
He gestured wildly towards the golden robot with one hand. "You're about to see this robot be fully transformed into a perfect physical and mental duplicate of this woman--" He gestured towards the woman in the box with the other hand. "--one of the leaders of a workers' rebellion that is threatening to tear this city apart. This is a re-staged simulation, so you won't be able to affect anything, but let's see the process in motion."
He snapped his fingers, and the scene sprang to life as a scientist with wild hair and darting eyes entered the room.
Everything in the room froze as the robot woman finally opened her eyes. Prof Tomoe turned back to face the students.
"For today's activity, I want to you come up with a concept design for your own android. If you had full access to Dr Rotwang's lab here, what kind of being would you create? What would it look like, what would it's purpose be, how much destructive power would you give it, and so on. When you've come up with your own design, compare it with a classmate's and try to convince them that yours is better."
He grinned. "And don't throw your concept design away after class. We'll be coming back to robotics later in the term."