The Journey in detail

Geschreven door Jasper Diephuis donderdag, 15 april 2010 07:20

Many of the details involving the visit to the United Stated are as of yet unknown. However a crude overview has already been prepared and will be presented below. This overview includes a little information about the main destinations of our visit: Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco.

Los Angeles
With an impressive 4 million inhabitants LA is the largest city in California and the second largest city of the United States. Los Angeles is also known as the media capital of the world, not only because of the presence of Hollywood and the many well-known movie studios, but also because it is the center of American television, music and game industry. One in every six inhabitants is estimated to work in the creative industry. Besides these, slightly less interesting for electrical engineering students, industries there is also a multitude of High-tech research and production companies present in LA.

Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a special sort of haven for electrical engineering. Mainly because of the millions of lightning bulbs that are used in the many advertisement signs and giant displays scattered across the city. In addition the largest electronics and gadgets fair in the world (The CES, Consumer Electronics Show) is held in the city every year. Of course the presence of many companies designing, producing and maintaining electronic gambling devices and extensive electronic security systems is also very interesting. The real reason for visiting Las Vegas is naturally that the city offers the unparalleled ability for us to relax a little in the middle of our journey.

San Francisco
Surrounded by the ocean on three sides San Francisco is literally surrounded by beaches. The city was originally build on about 50 small hills and has much modern architecture due to an earthquake in 1906 which destroyed most of the city. The main reason to visit San Francisco is the ideal location it has compared to Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is the leading High-tech hub of the United States and possible the world. A large number of the world’s most prominent High-tech companies are located here. San Francisco will serve as an ideal location from which we can visit Silicon Valley and a few of its companies.