Geometry in Real Life

Geometry is a part of mathematics

concerned with questions of size, shape,
and relative position of figures and with
properties of space. Geometry is one of
the oldest sciences.
(a) Computer graphics is based on
geometry - how images are transformed
when viewed in various ways. Graphics
used in Mirrors Edge, the videogame.
Geometry being used in :
(b) Computer-aided design, computer-aided
geometric design. Representing shapes in
computers, and using these descriptions to
create images, to instruct people or machines to
build the shapes, etc. (e.g. the hood of a car, the
overlay of parts in a building construction, even
parts of computer animation). Geometry being
used in : Graphics used for industrial purposes.
(c) Robotics. Robotic vision, planning how to
grasp a shape with a robot arm, or how to
move a large shape without collission.
Geometry being used in : A Korean Robot,
D2E.
(d) Medical imaging - how to reconstruct the
shape of a tumor from CAT scans, and
other medical measurements. Lots of new
geometry and other math was (and still is
being) developed for this. Geometry being
used in : CAT Scan Chamber.
(e) Structural engineering. What shapes are
rigid or flexible, how they respond to forces
and stresses. Statics (resolution of forces)
is essentially geometry. This goes over into
all levels of design, form, and function of
many things. Geometry being used in :
Rigid Buckminster Structure.
(f) Protein modeling. Much of the function of a protein is
determined by its shape and how the pieces move. Mad
Cow Disease is caused by the introduction of a 'shape'
into the brain (a shape carried by a protein). Many drugs
are designed to change the shape or motions of a
protein - something that we are just now working to
model, even approximately, in computers, using
geometry and related areas (combinatorics, topology).
Geometry being used in : Protein Structure.
(g) Physics, chemistry, biology, .... . Symmetry is a central
concept of many studies in science - and also the central
concept of modern studies of geometry. Students
struggle in university science if they are not able to
detect symmetries of an object (molecule in stereo
chemistry, systems of laws in physics, ... ). the study of
transformations and related symmetries has been, since
1870s the defining characteristic of geometric studies.
Geometry being used in : Symmetry of a Leaf.
 Geometry is used everywhere. Everywhere in the world
there is geometry, mostly made by man. Most man made
structures today are in a form of Geometric. How, you
ask? Well some examples would the a CD, that is a 3-D
circle and the case would be a rectangular prism.
Buildings, cars, rockets, planes, maps are all great
examples. Here's some examples on how the world uses
Geometry in buildings and structure.. Pictures of
Geometry used in Real Life
 1. This a pictures with some basic geometric
structures. This is a modern reconstruction of
the English Wigwam. As you can there the door
way is a rectangle, and the wooden panels on
the side of the house are made up of planes and
lines. Except for really planes can go on forever.
The panels are also shaped in the shape of
squares. The house itself is half a cylinder.
 2. Here is another modern reconstruction if of a
English Wigwam. This house is much similar to
the one before. It used a rectangle as a
doorway, which is marked with the right angles.
The house was made with sticks which was
straight lines at one point. With the sticks in
place they form squares when they intercepts.
This English Wigwam is also half a cylinder.
 3. This is a modern day skyscraper at MIT.
The openings and windows are all made
up of parallelograms. Much of them are
rectangles and squares. This is a
parallelogram kind of building.
 4. This is the Hancock Tower, in Chicago.
With this image, we can show you more
3D shapes. As you can see the tower is
formed by a large cube. The windows are
parallelogram. The other structure is made
up of a cone. There is a point at the top
where all the sides meet, and There is a
base for it also which makes it a cone.
 5. This is another building at MIT. this
building is made up of cubes, squares and
a sphere. The cube is the main building
and the squares are the windows. The
doorways are rectangle, like always. On
this building There is a structure on the
room that is made up of a sphere.
 6. This is the Pyramids, in Indianapolis. The
pyramids are made up of pyramids, of course,
and squares. There are also many 3D geometric
shapes in these pyramids. The building itself is
made up of a pyramid, the windows a made up
of tinted squares, and the borders of the outside
walls and windows are made up of 3D geometric
shapes.
 7. This is a Chevrolet SSR Roadster Pickup.
This car is built with geometry. The wheels and
lights are circles, the doors are rectangular
prisms, the main area for a person to drive and
sit in it a half a sphere with the sides chopped off
which makes it 1/4 of a sphere. If a person
would look very closely the person would see a
lot more shapes in the car. Too many to list.