Leonardo da Vinci remains one of the most fascinating people history has ever known. Remembered by most people as an artist, Da Vinci sketched and drew countless inventions, machines, robotics and technological wonders we take for granted today – all centuries before their time. Today, visitors to the Da Vinci: The Ultimate Innovator special exhibition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum can experience da Vinci’s true genius. The exhibition is arranged into three categories – transportation, military and mechanical. The interactive models are each displayed with a facsimile of the relevant da Vinci drawing. In addition, reproductions of several of da Vinci’s most famous paintings in the exhibition show how da Vinci realized science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) were intricately connected. Da Vinci’s drive for perfection compelled him to carefully observe, dissect, and catalogue the world around him, and his mechanical designs represent an important facet of his passion to not only figure out how things work, but how to make them work better. The exhibition includes more than 90 artworks and machines, many of which are interactive, and brings to life da Vinci’s most interesting inventions, including the bicycle, spring-powered car, hang glider and helicopter. The exhibition also features children’s activities, computer animations, a cinema and reproductions of da Vinci’s greatest paintings. Da Vinci: The Ultimate Innovator at the San Diego Air & Space Museum runs through 2016.