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Yes they do and it is my 6-year-old's favorite exhibit.  Kids collect
items form the store and then scan them, hit two more keys and get a
receipt from the register.  Then they are asked to restock the shelves.
They can also work behind the counters in meat, produce, or the bakery
and talk on the intercom.  There is also a little kids area set aside
within the store.  It is all sponsored by Wegman's, a major and growing
grocery chain that started in a Rochester suburb.  

David L. Smith, Ph.D.
Director of Professional Development
Da Vinci Discovery Center, Allentown, PA 
http://www.davinci-center.org
"Who will pick up where Leonardo left off?"



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> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:03 PM
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> Subject: Re: bar code scanners and displays
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> If I am not mistaken, the Strong Museum in Rochester, NY, has a kids  
> grocery store that uses real bar code scanners.
> Chuck Howarth
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> On May 18, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Sheri Cifaldi SET ISEN-ASTC-L Digest  
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> > Are there any museums out there that use bar code scanners and 
> > displays (similar to those used in stores like Target and 
> other departments
> > stores
> > as price checkers throughout the store) in their exhibits?
> >
> > We are developing a new exhibit and would like to put 
> barcodes on fake 
> > food. We would like the price and a "fun fact" about the food to be 
> > displayed as text. Ideally, we would have sound (and possibly
> > graphics) to
> > go along with it too.
> >
> > We know that something like this can be customized for us 
> in a program
> > like
> > Macromedia Flash, but, we were hoping that we would be able 
> to purchase
> > something "off-the-shelf" and modify it. We also feel that it's  
> > important
> > that we can add/remove foods and facts without going to an external
> > resource/programmer.
> >
> > Any thoughts or suggestions are much appreciated!
> > Sheri
> > ____________________________________
> > Sheri Cifaldi
> > Director of Exhibits
> > Stepping Stones Museum for Children
> > Mathews Park, 303 West Avenue
> > Norwalk, Connecticut 06850
> > 203 899 0606, ext 234
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