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Very cool, Paul.  As you know, we did a tracking exhibition in  
Connections that Scott Snibbe developed for us.  He is also doing a  
taxi tracking piece for the Explo, as I recall.  The one for  
connections uses essentially the technology used in department  
stores, etc.

Eric Siegel




On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Paul Orselli wrote:

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> An interesting GPS-enabled item called Trackstick has been  
> introduced that may be of interest to museum folks, including those  
> with large outdoor exhibit areas, like zoos and historic sites.
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> About the size of a pack of gum, this clip-on battery powered real- 
> time tracker records time/movement and then interfaces with mapping  
> programs like GoogleEarth to show the real time path(s) taken by  
> the wearer.
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> It looks like a slick little package for just over $100 bucks.
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> Full story and relevant links via the ExhibiTricks blog: <http:// 
> exhibitricks.blogspot.com/2007/08/trackstick-new-visitor-studies- 
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> Does anyone have experience using any of the Trackstick models in a  
> museum context?
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