Then & Now

Equipment in the Classroom

Chuck Painter
Blackboard, 1980
Linda A. Cicero
HIVE screen, 2015

Left: Stanford President Donald Kennedy teaching biology at the blackboard in 1980. Right: Stanford researchers, Dr. Lakshminarayan Srinivasan and graduate student Bryan He display images from their research on the brain using the HANA Immersive Visualization Environment (HIVE). HIVE, an assemblage of 35 high-definition displays, is a state-of-the-art tool used to study and solve problems in a variety of disciplines: biology, cosmology, engineering and art.