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Siggraph '99 Conference

Mona Lisa Project Presented in Los Angeles
August 10, 1999

Siggraph'99 Conference Los Angeles Convention Center August 8, 1999 Steve Feld, Data Coordinator and Computer Graphic Instructor at John F. Kennedy High School, Bronx NY is Head Coach of the Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling Project. An electric Praxinoscope was used to display the Mona Morph using the oldest Animation Machine at Siggraph'99. So appropriate since we used 15 year old Tandy Computers to create the site which is accessible with all browsers.
The Conference brought together exceptional creative visionaries, industry leaders, academic professionals and technology innovators in the field of Computer Graphics and interactive media. A worldwide ethnically diverse audience of 60,000 attended.Steve Feld, Head Coach of the ThinkQuest Team presented a Workshop, Classroom Session and participated in the Electronic Schoolhouse Playground. On display, an Edison Praxinoscope prototype showing a live Mona Morph. The web site was created with 15 year old computers

Steve Feld, Throughout my extensive exploration of cyberspace, I have found great educational webpages, but your website definitely exceeds my expectations. As an educator and a student of instructional technology, I see that your students are blessed to have a great mind guiding their learning. It will be my great honor and pleasure to link my humble website to your fantastic educational site. Thank you for bringing Leonardo Davinci's music back to life! Great work!!!!!!! Jesus Delgado Los Angeles, CA I truly enjoyed viewing your website during the 99 Siggraph ConferenceI work for an IT consulting company in their new media division and the speed and content of your site is very impressive. Keep up the great work. There's plenty here to learn from. Thanks George A. Brown Indianapolis, IN - Tuesday, August 10, 1999 at 19:21:56 (EDT)

Robert Sibley, Educational Project Manager of ThinkQuest, was onsite to disseminate The ThinkQuest
Competition and project development opportunites.

As part of his efforts he directed visitors to the
Mona Lisa Exhibit, an example of an ongoing
evolving H.S. ThinkQuest Student project
Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling?


The Earth Moved

  • The Mona Lisa Project landed in Los Angeles on August 8, 1999.
    That evening the Earth moved.
    (Richter Scale 4)

  • After the presentation on August 11, the Sun was eclipsed by the Moon.

  • The project left Los Angeles with a nomination for Walt Disney's School of the Month distinction.

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