First Images From Another Dimension

May 26, 2010 - PRLog -- An internationally known artist and former research engineer, Ken Shotwell makes public these intriguing images. Years of research and experimentation in his studio near Central, South Carolina enable such images, which have never before been made public.
  Using accepted theories by today's leading physicists, Shotwell explains "I have simply made current science easier to see, by coaxing Nature to reveal these images. Length, width, and height (plus time) describe objects in our everyday 3D world, but in the next higher 'hyper' dimension, we need help to visualize the strangeness of it all."
 
  A specially constructed stage or "chamber" of laser-quality mirrors and lenses, lighting, and cameras designed by Shotwell yields a window, as close as is currently possible, to the next dimension... call it a "hyperscope". He designed and built two types of these enclosures; one physical, the other a virtual adaptation utilizing a digital 3D rendering program altered for this task. A planned feature article submitted to Scientific American magazine details the logic behind this exciting imaging technique, publication date pending as of date of this release.

  Scientists, including Dr. Michio Kaku (University of California at Berkeley), Brian Greene (Columbia University), and Lisa Randall (MIT), ponder exactly how many extra dimensions could exist, the total hovering around ten or eleven for some; an infinite number for others. (Theories from these and other authors are the basis of Shotwell's efforts). Meanwhile, many of us are still trying to grasp our own 3D reality! However, our next higher neighbor dimension is 4D, and much is known about it mathematically, although it cannot be experienced in person. And strange it is indeed, where walls can easily be "penetrated", time is altered, and all sides of an object can be seen at once. Objects have more sides than they have here in our 3D existence, and seemingly turn themselves inside out, while changing color and shape.

  For additional information, other 4D photos, or to inquire about reproductions of these historic images, visit http://www.coroflot.com/art+design and select "Art & Science", or e-mail Ken Shotwell at omniken@charter.net

  The rendering is an un-altered digital "snapshot" (in time) of virtual solid cylinders (foreground) captured in their constant "dance" in the fourth dimension (background). Inset is an un-retouched photo of a single hollow cube, displaying its eight hypercube "sides", which are also cubes.) Copyright Ken Shotwell, 2010.

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About Ken Shotwell:
Retired President of OMNI Studios Ltd, Inc., Shotwell is Listed in Who's Who in American Art and is known internationally for innovative fine art paintings http://www.kenshotwell.com
and lighting effects http://www.art-force.co.jp
Previous career experience included research and engineering design of subsystems for the U.S. Apollo Lunar Missions and NASA Skylab Environmental Systems, weapons support design at United Technologies Research Laboratories, component design for commercial nuclear reactor internals, and Los Alamos (SHIVA) and Princeton University Fusion Reactor components design. He is author of the award-winning book "Mindscapes", Highland Press-2006, and holds U.S. patents in lighting effects and magnetohydrodynamics.