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This probably isn't what you're looking for, but...
1) The coolest reveal (sort of) I ever saw was at the Liberty Science
Center. They had those foil, 3-d holograms of microscopes. And if you closed
1 eye to look through the "eyepiece", sure enough you saw a 3-d hologram of
some microbe. Freeaky.
2) I'm probably going to recall this wrong, and it doesn't expose info the
way you were talking about, but a cute reveal trick/OI is that if you write
out (I think...) this sequence:
G6LFAL6F
in the right way (penmanship is key), you can cover the lower half and the
exposed top looks like it says SCIENCE. I may have that sequence wrong...
I like the idea of dropping pennies in slots for voting, it's kind of a 3-d
version of ubiquitous internet polls.
Jonah Cohen
Outreach & Public Programs Manager
The Children's Museum (formerly the Science Center of Connecticut)
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits."
-Albert Einstein
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From: Cari Dwyer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 12:48 PM
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Subject: Reveal and Voting Techniques
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I am trying to come up with a list of possible techniques for two
interactives, and hope the ISEN brain trust can help.
1) What's the best reveal technique you've seen, or can imagine? We want
visitors to see an unfamiliar term, then do something that reveals an
image which illustrates what the definition is. Possibilities include:
a) pressing a button to reveal an illuminated image
b) a spinner with the word on one side, and the illustration on the other
c) a wall of small, hinged doors or flips with the word printed on the
outside, which visitors lift to reveal the illustration
d) a slider visitors move to change the graphic surface from one that
shows the word, to one that shows the illustration
What other reveal techniques have you seen that engage visitors?
2) We are also looking for the best way to give visitors a chance to vote
for one of ten choices, and let them see how previous visitors have voted.
Have you ever seen a fun way to let visitors cast a vote and see a
physical measure of the results? (For example, visitors could drop a coin
into the fear slot they wanted to vote for. The coin rolls around before
it drops into one of the top 10 fear tubes. Visitors can see how their
vote compares with previous visitors who have cast their votes.)
I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions you have, and would be happy to
compile and share a list of techniques I receive to anyone who is
interested. I look forward to hearing your ideas.
Thanks so much for your time,
Cari Dwyer
Exhibit Developer
Science Museum of Minnesota
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