ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
*****************************************************************************

Eric
You are correct, we at Lynch Exhibits have been producing various versions
of what we call the Lynch I-Wall.  Xperiments for the Future of Reading is
in fact finished as a traveling exhibit.  I believe ASTC may have it or have
sold it.  We traveled it for ASTC a few times.  Onomy does also make a
version of the reading wall.  We have developed programs for a timeline and
the key is the ability to update it easily so it never is dated.   I have
examples.  As for the kids running it to the end one version utilizes a
fluid braking system and another has a pair of shocks that slow the monitor
near the end.

Frank
Lynch
Museums & Environments
609-239-1624
cell 609-820-9235
www.lynchexhibits.com
www.ezibits.com
AAM, ASTC, ACM, MAAM, SEMC, ABPM


Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, Involve me and I UNDERSTAND

-----Original Message-----
From: Informal Science Education Network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Eric Siegel
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:25 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Timelines


ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related
institutions.
****************************************************************************
*

Yes, that is a device that is now sold by Lynch exhibits, I think
they call it an iWall.  It was designed along with onomy designs from
palo alto, who were the creators of the Experiments in the Future of
Reading exhibit.  It was a fine exhibition, and apparently is living
in storage now somewhere.  Where do old traveling exhibitions go to
retire?

Eric Siegel


On Apr 14, 2006, at 9:05 PM, Clifford Wagner wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology
> Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related
> institutions.
> **********************************************************************
> *******
>
> If I'm remembering correctly, when the ASTC conference was in San
> Jose there was a reading exhibit done by Zerox/Parc that had a neat
> way of doing a timeline.  It was a flatscreen monitor visitors
> could slide along a rack geared track.  The images would change
> with the location of the monitor sliding across the timeline.  It's
> a nice amount of visitor control, very enticing to get across
> whatever it is you want to present.  I talked to someone there who
> helped build it.  They said the biggest technical challenge was a
> dampening system so the teenagers among us didn't wind up and slam
> it into the end.
> **********************************************************************
> *
> More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the
> Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://
> www.astc.org.
> To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the
> message  SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to
> [log in to unmask]

***********************************************************************
More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the
Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at
http://www.astc.org.
To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the
message  SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to
[log in to unmask]

***********************************************************************
More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the
Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org.
To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the
message  SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to
[log in to unmask]