Telescope Control System Bridge

Large bridge command center from JJ Abrams Star Trek film

TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEMS BRIDGE
Examples for the Power Dynamic Telescope
We're designing and building a telescope command and control center, and examining bridge console command systems from various sources for ideas. 

FIRST SOURCE
Telescope Control System Wrap Around

WHERE TO FIND BRIDGE EXAMPLES
The best examples of bridge control systems are found at the NASA command centers and various versions of Star Trek ships and vessels. These are larger control centers that take up more space, often occupying a room or a section of a wall. Operations may have designs for standing or seated occupancy.

JJ Abrams design

Floor to ceiling Vertical Bridge controls

VERTICAL PANELS
Vertical control panels are also popular. These displays are also adapted to virtual instruments with pieced together large touch screens. They often run floor to ceiling to take advantage of space.

NASA

NASA space station support operations

One example of a table and room command center is at NASA. The photo shows the NASA Flight Control System for the ISS International Space Station in 2006. It includes a series of tables, each with a computer control console for seated operations.

STAR SHIPS
Star ships, such as the Enterprise on Star Trek and many ship variations, have very well thought out and designed instrumentation control and command centers. Many of these bridges are designed for team operations and have multiple work stations. Some examples are for a science center, navigation, weapons console, stellar cartography, and sensors.

ADAPTABILITY

KELVIN Bridge (Star Trek)

These systems are very adaptable. For example, they include desk consoles for one or more work stations, vertical control panels for standing operations, and long strip control panels fit to walls in halls. Any of these may be telescope adapted, depending on the level of complexity and available space.

TOYS
Another place to look for various bridge designs is with toys. These often have compressed space

Bridge graphic

bridge designs which are especially useful when designing a command and control console with limited space in a small room.

GRAPHICS

Hallway control - Galaxy class Starship

There are many great visionaries drawing the graphics for space cartoons, space games, comic books and these hold fantastic designs. These are great sources for instrumentation control center designs and ideas.

EXTENDED RESOURCES
Also check other Star Trek movies, TV series, NASA sources for Skylab, Space Station, various Enterprise designs, science fiction, comics, toys, artwork, games, and galleries.

LINKS
Star Trek Blueprints
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/uss-enterprise-bridge.php

Federation Bridges
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fadmvulcan/sets/72157604354548317/detail/

Hi Res Control Panel & Bridge Images
http://www.gadgetreview.com/2013/04/hi-rez-pics-of-jj-abrams-star-trek-bridge.html

Quantum Ukulele

ESTABLISHING A QUANTUM UKULELE

Ukulele used for quantum experiments

Effects of a wave form nature can be created, duplicated, and simulated to explore the quantum world using the sound from a musical instrument.

One musical instrument is like a tiny guitar - the Ukulele, which has origins from Hawaii. They are available with four strings in various sizes (soprano, concert, tenor, baritone), generally one of the smallest sizes is called a Soprano. The Soprano Uke obtained for the Big Brain Project is 21-inches long and has a 13.5-inch bridge rating. It resonates with a mahogany wood construct, and is especially well designed for stability and a more humid environment.

The project begins with an acoustical uke and some preparations to convert it into an electronic instrument. The first step is to install a pickup to transfer the sound into an amplifier or computer (or other machine for processing. There are several ways to create an electronic pickup - some work and some will not work with gut strings. Magnetic induction pickups work with metal strings, however a piezo based pickup, which is based on acoustical vibrations, will work. Another method which is quick and simple is to place a directional quality microphone near the resonance aperture. Waves are then captured, and can be recorded, modified, and transformed. Techniques such as capture, transforming, reflecting, modulating and applying effects can have designs and introductions into the system.

String tuning is accomplished with a modern electronic tuner. This is a small electronic battery operated device with a display that shows the key note of the plucked string and the direction to tune it.

It's possible to apply and connect the QuadLyzer and introduce the study of Quantum worlds simulated with the Uke.