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onomy labs sells a version of the interactive you're interested in:
http://onomy.com/blue/interactives.html
i have not used them but scott seems quite sure of their durability and
saleability.
-eric
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> This isn't an answer to your question, just a suggestion that you think
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> Most interactives with heavy moving parts limited by mechanical 'stops'
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> to encounter maintenance problems. Are you certain this really is what your
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> Lateral thinking sometimes appears crazy, but is there any possibility that
> you might have monitors that slide round an endless, circular track or even
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> Hi all,
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> I'm thinking about an interactive that would have computer flat screen
> monitors, mounted flat/horizontally, that move in a linear path on a
> rail system. Ideally the monitors could not be slammed into the ends of
> track.
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> I was wondering if anyone has experience with the failure rate of the
> monitor, and if known, what the causes of failure were (internal
> components vibrating free, being smashed/crashed in to the end of the
> rails, other.)?
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> Thank you for any help you can give.
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