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Off the top of my head make the crane visitor operated. This will be the
best thing since sliced bread for your visitors. Many years ago we had an
exhibition called Big Machines which featured visitor operated construction
machinery. I was not at the Hall then and only heard about it. Maybe some
of my colleagues who were here will chime in.

Martin

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Tina Wirt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Hi all. We are looking to begin a project on custom cranes (the
> construction
> type.not the animal type) and I am curious to get some input on the
> following topics:
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> If your museum was interested in adding a crane to your exhibit collection,
> what type of interactives or movement would you like to see? Vertical
> movement, Horizontal movement, base rotation...
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> If your museum currently has a crane, can you provide any pro's or con's
> for
> the activities it offers or problems you have been faced with which have
> ultimately lead to eliminating tasks or movements in order to eliminate
> safety factors or have easier maintainability.
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> If there are any other comments in regards to cranes in the museum
> environment, I would be interested in those as well.
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> Thanks!
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> Tina M. Wirt
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> Director
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> Explorabotics
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> www.explorabotics.com
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> –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Martin Weiss, PhD
Senior Scientist
New York Hall of Science
mweiss at nyscience.org
cell   347-460-1858
desk 718 595 9156

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