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ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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We encourage visitors to leave their hand print, in heat, on
the wall behind then, under the word HEAT, by pressing their hand to
the wall.
Martin
>My favourite trick with infrared camera exhibits is to hold my hand
>against a magazine, folded newspaper, briefcase etc for several
>seconds, then hold the glowing 'heat-print' up to the camera. I
>enjoy seeing other people repeating the experiment long after I've
>walked away. It would be worth designing a suitable surface into the
>exhibit.
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>So, if you're a small mammal being stalked by a pit-viper, remember
>that your footprints also glow in the dark...
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>Give people facts and you feed their minds for an hour.
>Awaken curiosity and they feed their own minds for a lifetime.
>*
>Ian Russell
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Martin Weiss, Ph.D
Vice President, Science
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111 th Street
Corona, New York 11368
718 699 0005 x 356
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