Innovation Then and Now
Carmel 6000’s incredible Thursday trip to Hebrew University Computer Science Department and the Bible Lands Museum.
What do flies, databases, and DNA all have in common? All of these topics were brought up during our visit to the Computer Science Department at Hebrew University.
DNA is one ginormous database, and flies can help us in the future of aerodynamics. Who knew!?
Listening to the professors and doctoral students explain what they do with databases, NLS (Natural Language Processing) technology and difficulties in the research, biological research and its implications for technological development, and so much more, left us excited about what may be in store for us later in life.
— Reut Schremer, Bat Sherut on the program.
Afterward, we headed to the Bible Land Museum for their special Start-Up Bible Nation exhibit. The exhibit showcased the human instinct to use available technology to solve problems throughout history. When water was a problem, ancient civilizations created irrigation systems and prayed to their gods. Nowadays, a start-up takes air and filters the chemicals into water, essentially creating something from nothing! We have come a long way but the mentality is still the same.
The exhibit is spread out alongside current exhibits and creates a beautiful parallel about innovation then and now.
Humans have been engineering solutions to their problems since the beginning of times, and learning about that while surrounded by the young women of Carmel 6000 was really inspiring. I looked at these young women around me, all of whom have committed the next two years to using technology to help others and I looked at the exhibit showing just how long we have been doing this for and it made me so proud to be a part of this. It made me think about the long chain of people before me, who developed the technology that allowed us to be here. About how I -we all- are a part of something so much bigger than just me.
