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New exhibit at Arkansas State University Museum

(Courtesy of the Arkansas State University Office of University Communications.)

In "Design Zone," visitors will discover how videogame developers, music producers, roller coaster designers, and other creative problem solvers use math to invent exciting experiences.

What does it take to create an interactive and fun videogame?  How many beats per second does a DJ need to get bodies moving on the dance floor?  What goes into creating a roller coaster or a skate park that produces the most fun and biggest thrills?

Design Zone opens at Arkansas State University Museum Wednesday, Aug. 13, and continues through December, according to Jill Kary, curator of education.

Developed by OMSI (http://www.omsi.edu), Design Zone is presented at ASU Museum thanks to the Carl E. and Florence B. King Foundation and the Arkansas Discovery Network, a statewide museum consortium funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

For tour information, interested individuals may visit the Museum website (http://www.AState.edu/Museum) or contact Paige Creed or Jill Kary at (870) 972-2074.  The Museum is also on Facebook, http://facebook.com/ASUMuseum.

Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.