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Aperture | '''Aperture Science''' is a scientific research company founded by [[Cave Johnson]]. ''Portal'' and ''Portal 2'' take place in Aperture Science's Enrichment Center, which is dedicated to endlessly testing the Aperture Science products and the humans that use them. | ||
==History== | == History == | ||
{{see also|Story}} | |||
[[File:Underground trophycase newspaper.png|right|150px|thumb|Newspaper reporting the purchase of the salt mine]] | [[File:Underground trophycase newspaper.png|right|150px|thumb|Newspaper reporting the purchase of the salt mine]] | ||
Aperture Science was founded as Aperture Fixtures in the early 1940s by Cave Johnson. Aperture Fixtures was primarily dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of shower curtains {{N}} a low-tech portal between the inside and outside of a shower {{N}} with Cave Johnson winning the "Shower Curtain Salesman of 1943" award. Some time between 1943 and 1947 the company's name was changed to "Aperture Science". While this was initially done to make their shower curtains sound more hygienic, the company's focus would indeed soon shift to actual science. Cave Johnson purchased a large, abandoned salt mine in Upper Michigan in which Aperture Science's Enrichment Center would be built. | Aperture Science was founded as Aperture Fixtures in the early 1940s by Cave Johnson. Aperture Fixtures was primarily dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of shower curtains {{N}} a low-tech portal between the inside and outside of a shower {{N}} with Cave Johnson winning the "Shower Curtain Salesman of 1943" award. Some time between 1943 and 1947 the company's name was changed to "Aperture Science". While this was initially done to make their shower curtains sound more hygienic, the company's focus would indeed soon shift to actual science. Cave Johnson purchased a large, abandoned salt mine in Upper Michigan in which Aperture Science's Enrichment Center would be built. | ||
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== Products == | == Products == | ||
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*Portal | * [[Handheld Portal Device]] | ||
*GLaDOS | * [[GLaDOS]] | ||
*1500 Megawatt Super Colliding Super Button | * 1500 Megawatt Super Colliding Super Button | ||
*Turrets | * [[Turrets]] | ||
*Weighted Storage Cube | * [[Cube|Weighted Storage Cube]] | ||
*Weighted Companion Cube | * [[Cube|Weighted Companion Cube]] | ||
*Discouragement Redirection Cube | * [[Cube|Discouragement Redirection Cube]] | ||
*Therman Discouragement Beams | * [[Therman Discouragement Beams]] | ||
*Excursion Funnels | * [[Excursion Funnels]] | ||
*Panels | * [[Panels]] | ||
*Crushers | * [[Crushers]] | ||
*Aerial Faith Plates | * [[Aerial Faith Plates]] | ||
*Repulsion Gel | * [[Gel|Repulsion Gel]] | ||
*Propulsion Gel | * [[Gel|Propulsion Gel]] | ||
*Conversion Gel | * [[Gel|Conversion Gel]] | ||
== Staff | == Staff members and associates == | ||
* Cave Johnson | {{main|Characters}} | ||
* Caroline | * [[Cave Johnson]] | ||
* Doug Rattmann | * [[Caroline]] | ||
* [[Doug Rattmann]] | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
* {{hl2wiki|Aperture Science}} | |||
* [http://www.aperturescience.com Aperture Science website] | * [http://www.aperturescience.com Aperture Science website] | ||
[[Category:Story]] | |||