Sanjeev Space: http://daarshnicsanjeev.spaces.live.com Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:19:51 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL > PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [accessibleimage] Rocket Models Exhibit > > Hi, > News from Steve Landau from Touch Graphics that the interactive 3D > rocket model at NY Hall of Science is now launched! > Regards, > Lisa > http://www.touchgraphics.com/rocket.htm > Interactive 3D Touch Rocket Model > As part of its Phase 2 SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation, > Touch Graphics is exploring a new technology for making museum exhibits > more accessible for blind and low vision visitors. We are creating a > touchable model of the Hall’s Rocket Park; the park includes two actual > artifacts from the US space program from the 1960’s: a Mercury > spacecraft set on a Titan rocket booster, and a Gemini capsule set on an > Atlas booster. > > The model, set in a prominent position inside the museum, next to large > windows with a view of the actual rockets, will allow visitors to > interact through a combination of listening, looking and touching. The > company has commissioned a new electronic device that is capable of > detecting when a person touches any one of 54 discreet metal parts on > the model; this information is sent to a computer, which then plays back > identifying audio information on the part that was touched. > > Additionally, the exhibit provides historical overview information on > the space program, and will even include an alphabetical index of the > parts of the model, from which the user will select something of > interest, and then have his or her hand coached to the place on the > model where that part can be found. > > The Rocket Model has been shown publicly at the 2005 Association of > Science and Technology Centers conference in Richmond, Virginia, USA, > and at the National Center for Tactile Diagrams 2005 Conference in > Birmingham, England. > _________________________________________________________________ Search from any Web page with powerful protection. Get the FREE Windows Live Toolbar Today! http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
