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Wayne,
We use a digital playback device for an exhibit about how to make a 9-1-1
call. It's small, has no moving parts, and is hooked to a phone receiver by
a cord (think pay phone with earpiece only). When not in use, the receiver
hangs on a magnetic metal bracket. Whenever the receiver is hung up, the
magnet resets the recording to the beginning so visitors will not pick up in
the middle of the recording. If you can get your program on a flashcard
instead of a CD, this should do what you need it to.
Contact me off line if you want more info.
Rob Fox
Associate Director/Director of Education
Da Vinci Science Center
3145 Hamilton Blvd. Bypass
Allentown, PA 18103
484-664-1002 x116
http://www.davinci-center.org
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Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:28 PM
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Subject: The Magic Phone Gadget?
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Maybe someone has an idea where I can get the gadget I describe here.
Perhaps it doesn't exist. I do a lot of support of our small local
science museum. I would like the museum to sponsor Star Date. You may
have heard of it. It's a daily one minute broadcast on many radio
stations of a relevant astronomy event to the date--eclipse, comet,
asteroid collision(!), etc. It would be very good if a gadget like a
phone answering machine exists that will play a CD of this program
daily. We can purchase a monthly subscription of CDs from the University
of Texas (the sponsor of Star Date) that have the daily programs.
The trick here is to have a phone at the museum which has the daily
broadcast on it. It would be good if a gadget/device exists that queues
up the next 1 minute program each day from the CD for a month and plays
it whenever someone calls the phone that day. It may be that a PC/Apple
plus such a gadget is required. I checked on this about 3 years ago, but
no such device exists. Anyone aware of such a device coming on to the
market with all the new gadgets hitting the market?
--
Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
"Antecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires
training." -- Michael Shermer, Skeptic Society
Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>
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