2 Unique Museums You Must Visit in Mountain View, California

Hello Bloggineers! We are in Mountain View, California and we're going to show you the fun things you can do here. Our first stop is Moffett Field Historical Society Museum. This place features fascinating stories and artifacts that showcase the legacy of the iconic airfield from its humble beginnings as a naval base to its pivotal role in aviation history. This is a model of the Macon which was an airship and the difference between this and the blimps is that the blimp was basically a giant balloon but this one there were people all inside and and this was so big that I could fit the Titanic in there, two of them. At over 700 feet this was the length of two football fields and a cool fact I learned is that these were operated by helium but the German version of them was operated by hydrogen because they couldn't get helium since it was too expensive and that's why the Hindenburg burned up because hydrogen was flammable. Our guide Matt is taking us through time as we discover the exhibits that play tribute to the courageous pioneers who paved the way for modern aviation. One of the blimps actually headed out to just past the Golden Gate Bridge. What they would do is they'd go out and look for oil skids and things like that, oil slicks in the water which would signify that there may be Japanese submarines or ships there. In this section there's many black airplanes up in the sky and this was an actual test for pilots back then to identify which ones belonged to their country, which belonged to the enemy country, that way they would know which one is friend or foe. This is a sonar simulator where you can listen to sounds that are natural, ship, or weapons. So for example, dolphin makes a dolphin sound of course and then cargo ship with sound kind of crackly and even ice has a sound where snapping shrimp is kind of cool. The green is for the catapult and the red is for the people that load up your weapons. White is for the guys that help you land. Brown is for the guys that help you get in your plane and get strapped in and set up. Yellow is for the guys that actually launch you off your craft. Blue is for the guys that do the chains and purple is for the folks who do the fuel. So this model train room had sections on different cities around this area like Sunnyvale, Gilroy, there's even Fresno and my favorite part was seeing the trains go in and out of the tunnel and also pressing the button for Thomas to go. This is a communication skiff and the person inside would just spy on the enemies. This is not bulletproof though, there's air conditioning inside so it should be pretty cozy and there's even a little fridge. It's like a mini home kind of. Here's the main hangar and at first I thought this is what it always looked like but it turns out they're putting panels over it. There used to be panels on it but then they took it down and now they're just replacing it. This section has many military airplanes and they're not in prime condition but this society has worked to restore some of them. And that is the Moffett Field Historical Society Museum. I like the different sections in the museum like the blimp and airship section. I forgot what that was called. The train and then the NASA. I enjoyed learning about the Macon because I haven't learned much about helium airships before and they look really cool. I kind of wish that they were still used in the military today. I mean I know there's more practical things nowadays but still it looks so cool. The silver roundness of it and also this hangar is nice too. Our next stop is the Computer History Museum. I never knew that the word emoji was of Japanese origin. Picture, write, character. This is also a Chinese word too. This is the map of the museum and we're going to the revolution section which is yellow. The first section is on calculators. Oh my gosh, this is huge. In comparison, this is the world's first calculator, the abacus. See, calculator. See, at one point I knew how to use an abacus but then I forgot. Move one tens earth beat up one. Wait, what? I know how to work. Right now we created 62 because this is a five and a one so that's six and then this is two. Oh, I know. This section is on punched cards. This computer is poorly designed because it looks like a toilet. This section is on analog computers which is mechanical, not digital. You cannot call this like this is nowhere near a computer. It's like more like factory equipment. Section four, Birth of the Computer. This Enigma machine was used by the Germans during World War II. They would type messages that they thought the Allies could not crack but as the video said, the Allies didn't manage to crack the code and that made decoding messages much faster. It went from a matter of weeks to a matter of hours and the video said that the ability to decode the Nazi messages might have shortened the war by two years. Number five, Early Computer Company. The next section is real-time computing. The next section is on memory and storage. The next section is software. This is Super Computer. It does look like a super computer, like a lens, one for each eye. This section is mini computers. Here's a mini computer. It's so mini. This is not even adjusted for inflation. It's crazy. It's like a refrigerator. This gallery is on digital logic. Ah yes, I knew that. So I guess according to this plot it basically means that the chip will get more and more powerful. Exponential growth. This is a children's toy that my dad would use as a kid. It will say a word and you just have to spell it on there. AI and robotics. I am a robot. We're going to check out computer graphics, music, and art. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Is that a VR? That looks like an old version of VR. Now we're going to play Pong, the first video game. My dad had this when he was a kid. It's a video game console. This is an early Apple computer. It actually looks not bad. Section 18 is mobile computing. 19 is networking and the web. This is the early days of the internet and I find the Monopoly board interesting because it has eBay, Expedia. It has Yahoo which is dead now. Lastly, what's next? This is a self-driving car. Vehicle. The future. And there's an emergency stop button. I've never seen a texting manual telling you how to text with OMG LOL. And that is the Computer History Museum. I like all the different games around the museum for little children like me. I also like the history in the main gallery. I enjoyed seeing all of the ancient devices that I never used and that most of them look so bulky. I think that the calculators of the past looked really cool though. I just wonder what the future technology will be like. We still don't have a section here about chatting though. See you in the next video. Bye!