 Thursday, UK alumni professor of computer science Dr. Brent Seals spoke with local high schoolers about his contribution to uncovering the famous Dead Sea Scrolls using a technology known as virtual unwrapping. Before the presentation, Mountaintop had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Seals about the technology and how he helps to inspire a new generation of thinkers. We developed something called virtual unwrapping at the University of Kentucky. It's a way that we can look inside of a damaged object and read things that may be written inside without opening that object up. In fact, the Dead Sea Scrolls collection has some objects like this and we were able to successfully show that that technology worked on a Dead Sea Scroll. Here at Pikeville Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Institute, we have assembled a comprehensive team of cardiac specialists bringing expertise from all regions of the nation and the world. We have coupled that with cutting edge technology, providing them the best equipment and operating rooms available. The result is comprehensive cardiac care for the people of our region that is second to none. The Heart and Vascular Institute at Pikeville Medical Center. Since the late 90s, Dr. Seals adds the many changes that have enabled him to uncover the Dead Sea Scrolls, such as changing technology and a strong reputation. Dr. Seals recalls some of the challenges he experienced. You can see it from photography alone. When we started our work in the lab in the 90s, the kind of camera that was digital that we could use was not even as good as the cell phone in your pocket today. So camera technology and all associated computational technology has radically changed in the last 30 years. And during his visit to Allen Baptist Church, Dr. Seals says he hopes to inspire students to possible career tracks. Yes, I'd like the students to be inspired about the agency that they have and the purpose that they can find when they take this next step as they go to college. And I want them to know that technology is here to stay, and if they have the capability and the inspiration, they can use technology in a lot of different ways, probably in ways that they can't even envision right now. For Mountaintop News, I'm Joel Korgel.