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Dear colleagues,

I'm interested in displaying "smart house " exhibition. The concept of
appliances being able to do smart things like, the refrigerator tells you
what you are missing and the bathtub measures your blood pressure. It is
this place where the invention of today and tomorrow can meet the
community.....
Does any one can recommend such a display? Do you know companies that in the
business and would like to expose there products?

Thank you
Tal

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Tal Berman; Ph.D.
Head of Exhibition Division
Israel National Museum of Science; Daniel and Matilde Recanati Center
25 Shmaryahu Levin St.; Haifa, 31448; ISRAEL.
Tel: +972-4-8628111 ext. 252; Fax: +972-4-8679103; Cell': +972-68-697425
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Site: http://mustsee.org.il <http://mustsee.org.il>

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From: Jonah Cohen [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 8:59 PM
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Subject: San Jose: What's My Beef?

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Don't get me wrong - I'm planning to be in San Jose and it looks like
there's much goodness (and nice touch in getting Wozniak for the
keynote!) But I was a little disappointed when I got the program for this
year's ASTC conference. (Even aside from the crushing irony of having
pre-sessions on "Dialoguing on Diversity" scheduled for both days of Rosh
Hashanah.) I hope this comes across as food for thought/constructive
criticism, rather than just griping.

1) I know things are in Silicon Valley, and our host is called The Tech, but
sheesh, a tsunami of digital this, web that, high tech the other.
It's been a tough year financially for my museum, and I know from
lurking/chatting with others that we're not alone on this count. A lot of
sessions are featuring things that many of us can't afford! I don't mean to
sound sour-grapes-like here, but my (rejected) session proposal for
innovating with LOW tech might have given a little diversity to the
conference offerings...
2) In fact, there looks like a lot less diversity in the sessions this year.
Astronomy and IT sessions are certainly good things - but there's a metric
ton of both. I usually read the program and think "Dang! There's 2 really
cool-looking sessions I want to go to, but they're at the same time." Not so
this year. [One exception: 3 great Monday night field trips, plus the
torture of Wednesday's choice between the Exploratorium + Monterey Bay
Aquarium.]
3) Not to get all class conflict and stuff, but I counted up every session
that I could in any possible, conceivable way count as one pertaining to
education. There were 25. Then I did the same for exhibits
- they got 30. But bear in mind, many sessions counted for both groups.
Then I counted the sessions labeled with the CEO or VP icons (or both) -
that was 45. Why so little for those who do the nuts + bolts work of a
science center, and so many for those who manage the folks who do the nuts n
bolts?

That's just my opinion, I could be wrong, Jonah Cohen Outreach & Public
Programs Manager Science Center of Connecticut


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