The Future is Here - San Antonio--world class innovation since 1745

The Future is Here
San Antonio—World class innovation since 1745.
WHAT IS YOUR STORY?
Calling all storytellers.
This media is an visual arts and oratory
exposition celebrating Core4, STEM—science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The production is a public service to the City and
it’s future leaders delivered as a visual and
oratory presented to 1800 Middle School boys
from the Alamo City, November 18, 2015.
All copyrights and imagery are owned by 3rd
parties, garnered from open source media on
the Internet for this artistic oratory production.

G.P. Singh, Ph.D., Karta
THE FUTURE IS HERE
“San Antonio is a can do city!”
WHAT IS STEM?
In San Antonio, Texas, STEM
is ‪#‎CORE4‬ INNOVATION: The
Alamo City's story of
transforming existing
situations to preferred
situations since 1745.
STEM – science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics.

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Presented here after the event as a
forward looking concept to future CORE4
events and programs
Tweens Social Studies-STEM, 5th to
9th grade to meet State K-12
education requirements to teach the
history of the Great State of Texas
each Spring semester throughout
K-12 public schools state-wide
Featuring the story of San Antonio’s
youth innovators and leaders—teams,
schools, students, teachers, poets,
writers, architects, scientists, artists,
and citizen’s making a difference in
CORE4, STEM, since 1745.
STEM is an acronym for science, technology,
engineering an mathematics.

What do you think of
when I say San
Antonio, Texas?

Exactly 85 years after Clyde
Tombaugh’s historic discovery of
Pluto, the NASA spacecraft set to
encounter the icy planet this summer
is providing its first views of the small
moons orbiting Pluto. Alan Stern,
New Horizons principal investigator
from Southwest Research Institute,
leads the to understand the
formation of the Pluto system, the
Kuiper Belt, and the transformation
of the early Solar System.
Artist’s conception of the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto. Image
Source: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/
Southwest Research Institute, JHUAPL/SwRI.
March 10 to April 4 and May
15 to May 27, 2015, New
Horizons will become a spin-
stabilized probe that simply
beams data back to Earth at
every opportunity.
THE FUTURE IS HERE
San Antonio leading the world in innovation
since 1745
New Horizons probe has a 1 kilobit per
second data connection from Pluto.
2015

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HERE
Deidre Carrillo
San Antonio is a crucible
wherein men and women who
are outspoken about realities
that are not popular or
understood forge the future—
this is true in all major periods
of time from the mission period
through today.

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HERE
The Sisters of Charity of the
Incarnate Word, Sisters
Madeleine Chollet, Pierre Cinquin,
and Agnes Buisson, came to San
Antonio in 1869, shortly after the
close of the Civil War. These early
developments have endured to
the present in CHRISTUS Health,
the University of the Incarnate
Word, and our Incarnate Word
Schools in Mexico.
1869

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Schema for speeding up indexing of the initial
sequencing and analysis of the human genome.
Dr. Susan Naylor and
Dawn Garcia, Journal Nature,
Feb. 12, 2001.

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HERE
Dreamers and doers do come in the
same package
The very first teacher to use a
computer in a classroom is Brig. Gen.
Robert F. McDermott. He used games
and simulations to teach astronaut
candidates space physics.
Founding U.S. Air Force Academy
dean of the faculty from 1956 to
1968, McDermott went on to serve as
chairman and chief executive
officer of USAA, for 25 years. He was
one of the first American scholars to
advocate for seat belts in cars.

“McD” was a broker, a deal maker, a
collaborator, a visionary, a thinker, an
orator, an artist, an accomplished
trombonist, and a do’er.
He led by example and with one rule—
the golden rule.
1956

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HERE
White performed the first American
spacewalk during the Gemini 4
mission on June 3, 1965. White,
pilot of the Gemini IV four-day
Earth-orbital mission, floats in the
zero gravity of space outside the
Gemini IV spacecraft.
Image: Compliments of NASA
America's First Spacewalk,
San Antonio’s Astronaut Hero
Edward H. White II.
1965

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The Blue Hole
In 1761 the Spanish missions utilized
started what would become the first
municipal water distribution system in
North America—a ditch, a dam, and
ultimately a network of irrigation canals—
aqueducts or “acequias”.
The first canal dug at the San Antonio
Springs was the Alamo Madre in 1745,
and it diverted water from the east side of
the headwaters just below the Springs.
The site is present-day Brackenridge Park
and host to the San Antonio Zoo, Sunken
Garden Theater, Japanese Tea Garden,
and Kiddie Park—America’s oldest
children's amusement park.

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The aqueducts of the Alamo City utilized
hydraulics, engineering, and physics from Western
Europe pioneered by the Greeks. The mathematics
of water would ultimately transform the natural
springs and landscape of the San Antonio region to
a mega city—the 7th largest city in America.

1968
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HERE
O’Neil Ford
O’Neil Ford designed several
buildings in San Antonio,
renovation of La Villita, the
campus of Trinity University, the
University of Texas at San
Antonio campus, Tom Slick Jr.’s
home, and the Tower of the
Americas (1968).

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“Confluence of civilizations”, as depicted by John O. Gorman on the Lila Cockrell Theatre downtown: To the right, from
center, are the native Inca, Aztec, and Indian tribes of the Southwest and to the left the history of Western Civilization.
One of the oldest regions inhabited by people in the world, San Antonio is the cradle of innovation in the Americas.

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CyberPatriot is 'super-bowl' of cyber competitions, conceived by the Air Force
Association, is growing at all levels--nationally and internationally. The technical
infrastructure for the program and the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
are administered by Dr. Greg White and his team from the Center for Infrastructure and
Assurance at UTSA. Over one thousand teams compete in the annual competition with
San Antonio fielding 120 teams in 2015.
2015

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Alamo Heights students unveil a 22-feet tall rocket that they built and which will be launched at White Sands Missile Testing Range in New Mexico next
week. On Thursday, August 2, 2012, the 22 students showed off the rocket to the public. The students all took part in building the rocket in their Aero-
Science class headed up by teacher Colin Lang. Their goal is to send the rocket up 100,000 feet at a speed of Mach 3.
Photo By Kin Man Hui/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
2012
Samuel
Maverick

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IS HERE
In 2008, Evan Gray won the
Global Kbot K’Nex Robot
Competition.
From Evan Gray’s inspiration,
SpaceTEAMS, the Texas
Institute for Educational
Robotics (TIER), SASTEMIC, and
much, much more was born. In
the Alamo City early in the STEM
movement for K-12 educational
innovation. The city has been an
incubator for STEM programs
funded by the Texas Workforce
Commission, Texas Education
Agency, and Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board
since 2000.

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Duke believed creativity and collaboration
to be the two most important principals to
drive our pursuit of both national security
and economic competitiveness. Today,
Duke’s legacy is seen all around us: From
the freedoms we enjoy to the booms of
hypersonic flight. With the support of
Ramiro Cavazos, Duke and Evan’s dreams
would be materialized in the following
Alamo City Cyber-STEM programs
2003-2015:
•  SPACETEAMS
•  TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL
ROBOTICS (TIER)
•  SASTEMIC
2011

To reengineer the Gatling gun
mount on the Sea Hawk
Helicopter—Military STEM. Led by
student Evan Gray (far right),
students at RAM partnered with
a defense contractor and Hubert
Davis, Apollo 11, Lunar Capsule
5, Vehicle Manager (Hu pictured
four from right).
ERAP Lifecycle Innovation
& Security by Design
Workforce

Together with Duke Kane, Father
of GPS, Evan Gray and
classmates from RAM STEM in
Academy in San Antonio
conceptualize Cloud 2.0--energy,
communications, and computing
via space-based solar power.
After Peter Glaser introduced
Davis to the concept, he was
earned responsibility for NASA’s
work with the Department of
Energy to study the implications
of SBSP for supporting global
energy markets. Hu and his
cadre of retired AF and NASA
engineers who are working to
show that the launch costs for
towing all the gear in space have
come into alignment with energy
markets and the eminent
commercialization of space 2.0
(by IPP;).

“The first person to walk on Mars
will be from San Antonio.”
--Col. Francis X. “Duke” Kane, Founder SPACETEAMS & Military
Father of NAVSTAR/GPS, 2005, First Annual SPACETEAMS
Image Credit: NASA/Pat Rawlings, SAIC

“San Antonio is a
city of the future.”
-0---Fujio Cho, CEO
Toyota Motor Corporation

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IS HERE
What does the Battle of the
Flowers, FIESTA,
celebrate?
CONCEPT:
History lesson.

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HERE
In 1834 Stephen F. Austin petitions
Mexico to settle Americans in Texas.
This eventually led to the battle of
the Alamo where all were killed
except 2 wives, several children, and
a slave.
1834

San Antonio de Béxar Presidio,
the center of Spanish defense
in western Texas, was founded
by Martín de Alarcónon May 5,
1718. San Antonio has a
recorded history starting in
1691 with the St. Anthony day
mass through numerous
immigrations, its selection as
the Texas state capital in 1773,
opening the first school in
1789, Battle of the Alamo in
1836, Bexar County organized
and city incorporation
1836-1837.
Image & Caption Source: Moran, Percy,
artist. "Battle of the Alamo." Reproduction of
an original painting. Joliet, Illinois, Gerblach
Barklow Co., copyright 1912. Prints and
Photographs Division, Library of Congress in
Digital History, Explorations - Remembering
the Alamo
Battle of the Alamo,
Mexicans and Texans fight
to the death
February 23-to-
March 6, 1836

Santa Anna surrendered to a wounded Sam Houston at the Battle of
San Jacinto. In 1845 Texas became a Repblic.
1845

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IS HERE
Fiesta, Battle of the
Flowers, is the celebration
of the defeat of Santa
Anna at the Battle of San
Jacinto. In 1845 Texas
became an Independent
Republic.

The U.S. Army has maintained a presence in the Alamo City since 1845. During that time, the installation has performed five distinct
and important roles: that of a headquarters, logistical base, mobilization and training site, garrison and provider of medical support. At
first, the Army leased facilities in the City of San Antonio, including the Alamo. In fact, the Army repaired the Alamo structure and added
a roof so it could be used as a headquarters. In 1876, the Army began to move its facilities to the present site of Fort Sam Houston
upon completion of the Quadrangle. The post has since increased in size from the original 92 acres donated to the Army by the city, to
approximately 3,000 acres today.
1845
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HERE
In 1856, what odd ungulate (cattle,
horse, pig, etc.) did the U.S. Army
relocate to San Antonio as pack
animals for the corps?

Camel Corps
established in 1856 in
San Antonio.
1856
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THE FUTURE IS
HERE
San Antonio—world class
innovation.
WHAT IS YOUR STORY?
Calling all storytellers.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics in San Antonio is CORE4—
transforming existing situations to
preferred situations. The Alamo City story
of innovation begins a long, long, time
ago. Today, we are all part of a story that
began 11,000 years ago. Scientists,
technologists. teachers, artists, poets,
architects, aviators, doctors, researchers,
actors, photographers, architects—we are
all part of the story, past, present, and
future.
WHAT IS YOUR STORY?
Contact: Jim@armour.io
when I say San
Antonio, Texas?

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IS HERE
San Antonio is known as
the River City. Why is the
river and the Edward’s
Aquifer important and
compelling part of the city’s
history of innovation?
STEM CONCEPT:
The muddy city challenge:
the Mathematics of
Networks—minimal
spanning trees.

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For over 11,000 years Native American hunter-gatherers
utilized the lush and varied ecosystems of San Antonio's
Olmos Creek basin fresh water springs and rivers leaving
evidence of tools and technology here for millennia.
1691 Spaniards Camped with Payaya Indians at the
river’s head waters. It was the day of Saint Anthony de
Padua and they named the spot San Antonio de Padua.

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HERE
The Blue Hole
In 1761 the Spanish missions utilized
started what would become the first
municipal water distribution system
in North America—a ditch, a dam,
and ultimately a network of irrigation
canals—aqueducts or “acequias”.
The first canal dug at the San Antonio
Springs was the Alamo Madre in
1745, and it diverted water from the
east side of the headwaters just
below the Springs. The site, present-
day Brackenridge Park.

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Karst Aquifer
The Edwards Aquifer is a karst aquifer and is
characterized by the presence of sinkholes, sinking
streams, caves, large springs, and highly productive
water wells. Karst aquifers are considered triple
permeability aquifers - water is contained in the rock
matrix, in fractures and faults, and in caves and
conduits.
Conduits or solution channels within the Aquifer range
from the size of a finger to 10’s of feet in diameter.
The interconnected fractures and conduits in the
Edwards Aquifer accounts for its extremely high
yielding wells and springs.
The San Antonio Segment of the Balcones Fault Zone
Edwards Aquifer (the “Edwards Aquifer” or “Aquifer”) in
south-central Texas is one of the most productive
aquifers in the United States.
http://www.edwardsaquifer.org/scientific-research-and-reports/edwards-aquifer-overview

Mission
Conception is the
oldest of 5
missions.

Missions
San Jose
San Juan
Espada
Concepcion

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HERE
The aqueducts of the Alamo City
utilized hydraulic engineering from
Western Europe pioneered by the
Greeks. The mathematics of water
would ultimately transform the
natural springs and landscape of
the San Antonio region to a mega
city—the 7th largest city in America.

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The Edwards’s Aquifer, the artesian well of the
Edward’s Aquifer is the fastest public works project
in the history of the United States to pay for itself, 7
years.

THE FUTURE IS
HERE
San Antonio is a crucible
wherein men and women who
are outspoken about realities
that are not popular or
understood forge the future—
this is true in all major periods
of time from the mission period
through today.

THE FUTURE IS HERE
San Antonio—World class innovation
since 1745.
US President Barack Obama (R) talks with
Deidre Carrillo, of San Anotinio, TX, as she
sits an electric car that was submitted to
the Electrathon and NCWIT (National
Center for Women & Information
Technology) Aspirations in Communiting
competition, during the White House
Science Fair at the White House in
Washington, DC, May 27, 2014. The White
House Science Fair celebrates the student
winners of a broad range of science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM)
competitions from across the country. AFP
PHOTO / Jim WATSON - May 27, 2014|
Credit: JIM WATSON of the rivers of time
make us who we are—past-present, and
future…

San Antonio is a
city of Maverick
Innovators.

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HERE
San Antonio is a city of
Mavericks, unbridled characters.
Who was the first woman to
perform a snap roll at the top of a
loop-to-loop? Who was the first
pilot to fly in an airplane owned
by the U.S. War Department?
STEM CONCEPT:
Ciphers and the Guessing Game,
how computer scientists measure
the value of information—
surprise.
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Carl Gunther 1859
Edward Steves (1829-1890), owner of the successful Edward Steves & Sons lumber company in San
Antonio, was born in Germany and sailed to Galveston in 1849. In 1866 Steves entered the lumber
business in San Antonio. His business expanded rapidly after the arrival of the railroad in 1877.
Ed Steves 1866
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Thomas
Claiborne
Frost
Frost starts mercantile
and auction Business
on Main Plaza in
1868 which would
become a banking
enterprise.
1868
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HERE

Captain
Benjamin
D.
Foulois

seated
at
the
controls
of
a

Wright
Military

biplane;

a
radio
transmitter
is

tied
into
the
passenger
seat;

1911.
Foulois
was
first
to
fly
in
a

plane
owned
by
the
U.S.
War

Department
March
2,
2010,
Ft.

Sam
Houston,
San
Antonio,

Texas.
He
invented
wheels
and

the
first
seat
belt
on
airplanes,

and
was
first
to
fly
with
a
radio.

1910

THE FUTURE IS
HERE
Katherine Stinson was the 4th
woman in the United States to
obtain a pilot's license, July 24,
1912. She learned to fly at Max
Lillie's Flying School at Cicero
Field, Chicago.
1912

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Harold Clark designed Randolph A.F.B. on
the back of dispatch sheets when he was a
radio operator at Kelly A.F.B. Randolph was
the largest construction project undertaken
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since
the Panama Canal at the time of its
construction.

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Founded in 1941, Texas Institute for
Biomedical Research (TIBR) hosts the world’s
largest computer cluster dedicated to
statistical analysis of the human genome.
While other scientists were focused on gene
expression in a person with hereditary disease,
TIBR’s Dr. John Blangerro's tracks gene
variation up and down the hereditary ladder
across generations—studying the target patient
as well as his or her spouse, children, and
parents.
1941

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IS HERE
The Texas Biomedical Research
Institute (TBIR) spin-out, Evestra,
Inc., is based on the 50 year life-
time organic chemistry career of
Dr. P.N. Rao. Rao and his team of
chemists who pioneered many
aspects of steroid chemistry,
women’s fertility and cancer.
Evestra is commercializing a
pipeline of products in fertility
control, hormone replacement
therapy, and oncology.
Evestra also generates revenue
from the synthesis of steroids for
the National Institutes of Health
pursuant to a contract SFBR has
had for over 30 years, which was
transferred to Evestra.

1947
Tom Slick founded Southwest
research institute (SwRI) as a
“Science City” in in 1947 on
Cable Ranch, 1,200 acres.
Today, SwRI hosts 2MM feet
of labs and facilities, $350
million in contract research in
2003, 1,500 sponsored
projects each year, and
2,800 employees.

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IS HERE
President John F. Kennedy’s
final act as President was to
dedicate the School of
Aerospace Medicine to chase
the cap over the wall of space.
From 1959-1970, The US Air
Force School of Aerospace
Medicine (USAFSAM) was the
site of scientific research
integral to the US Man-in-Space
effort, which culminated in the
Apollo missions of the late
1960s.
“This Nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no
choice but to follow it.”
John F. Kennedy’s Last Official Act as President, Dedication of the
Aerospace Medical Health Center, San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 21, 1963.
1963

1948
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HERE
In November 1948, Armstrong
organized at Randolph a
panel discussion on the
"Aeromedical Problems of
Space Travel." Featuring
papers by Strughold and
Heinz Haber and commentary
by six well-known scientists
from universities and the
military, the symposium
perhaps marked the
beginning of formal, academic
inquiry into the medical
hazards of extra-atmospheric
flight. Before this epochal
gathering ended, Strughold
had resolved the contradiction
inherent in the title of the
symposium by emphatically
using the term "space
medicine.” –Wikipedia

THE
FUTURE IS
HERE
IED injuries result in
thousands of US military
war wounded suffering
from amputations, burns
and functional limb loss.
The vets spend months
(and sometimes years) in
outpatient care, many at
the Brooke Army Medical
Center in San Antonio, TX. --
Paula Nelson, Boston.com.
Getty Images photographer
John Moore takes us inside
the hospital, showing some
of the wounded's steps to
recovery.
Joint Base San Antonio - The San
Antonio Military Medical Center, part of
the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC).

http://jimbrazell.wix.com/alamocity

Exactly 85 years after Clyde
Tombaugh’s historic discovery of
Pluto, the NASA spacecraft set to
encounter the icy planet this summer
is providing its first views of the small
moons orbiting Pluto. Alan Stern,
New Horizons principal investigator
from Southwest Research Institute,
leads the to understand the
formation of the Pluto system, the
Kuiper Belt, and the transformation
of the early Solar System.
Artist’s conception of the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto. Image
Source: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/
Southwest Research Institute, JHUAPL/SwRI.
March 10 to April 4 and May
15 to May 27, 2015, New
Horizons will become a spin-
stabilized probe that simply
beams data back to Earth at
every opportunity.
THE FUTURE IS HERE
New Horizons probe has a 1 kilobit per
second data connection from Pluto.
2015

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HERE
San Antonio’s NEWTEK has been
nominated or won Academy Awards
in special effects for: Star Wars:
Episode 2, Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban, Lord of the
Rings, The Passion of the Christ,
Spider-Man 2, The Matrix, Pirates of
the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down,
Star Trek Nemesis, AI, Jimmy
Neutron, Jurassic Park III, Spy Kids,
Charlie’s Angels, The Gladiator, Red
Planet, Titanic.
Tim Jenison

http://www.saysi.orghttp://www.saysi.org
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HERE
SAY Sí is a year round, long-term, non-profit
multidisciplinary arts program that provides
students opportunities to develop artistic and
social skills in preparation for higher
educational advancement and professional
careers. SAY Sí strives to develop each
individual student by enhancing their
character so that they will possess all the
tools and motivation necessary to become
productive, thoughtful citizens of our
community.
2015

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IS HERE
What was the first film to
ever win an Academy
Award? Who made the first
movie about the Alamo in
1911? What San Antonio
innovators are today
pioneering move magic—
special effects?
STEM CONCEPT:
Binary Numbers, movie
magic today is largely
dependent on Computer
Graphics and Images,
binary math (Part I).
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http://cinemathequefroncaise.com/Chapter3-2/
GastonRanch.jpg
1910
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Gaston Meilies opens the Star
Film Ranch at the site of Hot Well
Springs and creates the first
documentary, The Immortal
Alamo, 1911. Film stars such as
Francis Ford and others would
appear in his films and frequent
the city before there was a
Hollywood west of the Alamo City.

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IS HERE
Following the Star Film Ranch
start in San Antonio, in 1927,
the film Wings was the first film
to win the Academy Award for
Best Picture Production for the
film year 1927/1928. Wings
also won a second Academy
Award for Engineering Effects.
Starring Clara Bow, Charles
"Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen
and Gary Cooper, in a bit role,
the film completed with a budget
of $2 million in San Antonio.
Gary Cooper would be the only
one from the first "brat pack" to
go on to fame in the talkies.
The movie featured scout
aircraft including Thomas-Morse
MB3s and Curtis PW-8s.
(Wikipedia, Wings Film)
1927

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CORE4 INNOVATION - “Most beautiful school in U.S.”
1930

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Paired with Computer Science
Unplugged Math and Logic activities
and the virtual learning world for
Tweens—Whyville.net, THE FUTURE IS
HERE leads the way with in STEM
and Arts education by connecting
Texas Social Studies and STEM
activities for children. Teaching
computer science, computational
thinking, and Calculus—the
mathematics of change.
Whyville.net

1968
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HERE
O’Neil Ford
Other significant works include
buildings at Skidmore College and
several facilities around the world
designed for Texas Instruments.
Shortly before his death, O’Neil Ford
completed the design of the
building of the Museum of Western
Art in Kerrville in the Texas Hill
Country. (Image Source)

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HERE
UTSA, most powerful scanning
electron microscope in a U.S.
university—donated by the
king Ranch.

1988
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IS HERE
Developed by a collaboration
of Dr. Palmaz at the
University of Texas Health
Science Center and the Dr.
Schatz at the School of
Aerospace Medicine, the
Palmaz-Shatz stent would
revolutionize medicine,
cutting in half the number of
people who die from heart
disease.

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“Tim’s Vermeer follows the meticulous
lengths Jenison goes to in order to realize his
personal dream of recreating Vermeer’s
studio and painting his masterpiece “The
Music Lesson” (1662-1664).
Tim’s Vermeer is a fascinating new
documentary which explores subjects such as
art, technology, and obsession. The film is
directed by Teller, best known as the silent
partner in the illusionist duo Penn and Teller.
Penn Jillette is also featured as a narrator in
the film as well as being instrumental in its
production.” --C.L. Illsley, Art and Technology
Meet in Tim’s Vermeer.
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2014

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HERE
Movies Filmed in San Antonio
Alamo – 1910
Wings - 1927
Sugarland Express - 1973
The Yellow Rose - 1983
Lost in America - 1984
Johnny Be Good - 1987
Nadine - 1986
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - 1985
Toy Soldiers - 1990
Fatherhood - 1992
8 Seconds - 1993
Lolita - 1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls -
1995
The Newton Boys - 1997
Waking Life - 1999
All the Pretty Horses - 1999
Miss Congeniality - 2000
American Outlaws – 2000

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HERE
What are some of the STEM
and arts programs in the city
for which young men and
women have distinguished the
city as a leader in STEM
education world wide?
STEM CONCEPT:
Binary Numbers, movie magic
today is largely dependent on
Computer Graphics and
Images, binary math.
(Part II).
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What do you want to
change about San
Antonio?

THE FUTURE IS HERE
What 2,000 middle school students and teachers
say they want to change in San Antonio, November
18, 2015, #Core4.
CHANGE:
•  To become a great doctor.
•  Engineering robots in San Antonio, spacecraft
and hover boards to make for the world.
•  San Antonio to be futuristic.
•  Add more schools and colleges to San Antonio
so we can be the future of the United States.
•  I want Brentwood to let students dissect a frog.
•  E.T. Wrenn to have a mechanics class.
•  I want a better science class and a higher rank
for study of robotics.
•  Better library and gym.
•  I’d change the way people look at this city. I
would also like to change bullying.
TEAMS (STEM+ARTS) poetry in action led by Jim Brazell
Chairman and CEO of Armour.io and Ventureramp.com.
WHAT IS STEM?
CORE4 is changing existing
situations to preferred situations.
--Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon
CORE4 is a synonym for STEM--science,
technology, engineering, and
mathematics.

THE FUTURE IS
HERE
What 2,000 middle school students and
teachers say they want to change in San
Antonio, November 18, 2015, #Core4.
CHANGE:
•  The world. –Ben
•  The number of terrorists in the world.
•  I want to end war and the world will be
together… For the world to work together
and live better.
•  The change I want is better schools and a
criminal justice class.
•  I want more people in homes and not on
street.
•  I’d change education, I’d change the way
we view people.
•  I want peace in San Antonio and for my
future to be fun and safe.
TEAMS (STEM+ARTS) poetry in action led by Jim
Brazell Chairman and CEO of Armour.io and
Ventureramp.com.
WHAT IS STEM?
mathematics.

Haiku is a Japanese poem composed of three
unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku
usually emphasizes a season, intense emotion and
vivid image designed to lead to an enlightened insight.
(5) The moment two are
(7) united they both vanish
(5) A lotus blooms here.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938), Adapted by Brazell
http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#time
THE FUTURE IS HERE
Write a Haiku expressing what future changes you
would like to develop personally in San Antonio
and the world.

What 2,000 middle school students and
teachers say they want to change in San
Antonio, November 18, 2015, #Core4.
There’s a town to be.
San Antonio is that place.
I’m going to be everything.
We stand together.
To become something new, now.
The STEM change our art of change.
San Antonio is Future of U.S.
We are on the top:
Good achievement, no violence
in the city, people achieve goals…
San Antonio will be
leading edge of technology
because of us.
Change is around us:
San Antonio is Cool.
School is Cool.
TEAMS (STEM+ARTS) poetry in action led by Jim
Brazell Chairman and CEO of Armour.io and
Ventureramp.com.
WHAT IS STEM?
mathematics.

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THE FUTURE IS
HERE
innovation since 1745.
For the City of San Antonio—the
mayor, CVB, workforce
development, schools, and
economic development, The
Future is Here is the Alamo City
story—how the Aquifer (water)
and technology is the root of
our our survival and our
culture.

THE FUTURE IS
HERE
innovation since 1745.
ABOUT THE STORYTELLER
Jim Brazell is the 1993, San Antonio,
Battle of the Flowers, Oratory Champion.
A President’s Honor Roll student from
San Antonio College, he graduated
Summa Cum Laude, Bradley University
1995—Sociology of cyberspace.
Today, Jim is Chairman and CEO of
Armour.io and Ventureramp.com
November 29, 2015
Contact: Jim@armour.io
when I say San
Antonio, Texas?

2000-2015, the San Antonio City of
Innovation history project started with the
collaboration and volunteer work of the
San Antonio Technology Accelerator
Initiative (Dr. Randall Goldsmith, SATAI)
and the San Antonio Council for the
Cooperation of Engineering and Scientific
(Dr. Stephen Juhasz, SACCESS).
Thanks for support from the society,
Southwest Research Institute, and the
San Antonio audiences who have heard
and contributed to this story over the past
16 years.
THE END

Steven Juhasz, Ph.D.
A teacher’s teacher, master chemist,
humanitarian, and overall inspiration for
gathering the stories of San Antonio’s
innovators, Steven Juhasz, Ph.D., Chemistry,
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).

For the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
compliments of Armour.io.

The Future is Here - San Antonio--world class innovation since 1745

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