Active Topics
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Exhibits about health, biotech and human organ systems. Participating museums: The Tech Museum |
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Videos about microchips - the hearts of the machines that maginify our thinking abilities. Participating museums: The Tech Museum |
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Exhibits about water. This can include properties
of water, states of water, the water cycle, water conservation, water
as renewable energy source, and even art pieces related to water. Participating Museums: Science Center Singapore |
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Join the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center in developing its next exhibition about hot spots of innovation. Participating museums: National Museum of American History, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
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An annual, global search to find the best new
ways to collaborate. Develop a practical method, tool or
technology that connects people so
that they collectively act more intelligently. Special Focus on Health in 2010-2011. Participating museums: The Tech Museum, MIT Museum |
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Participatory exhibits exploring the evolution of exibitions themselves -
with subtopics of audiovisual arts, communication, education, leisure,
museology, programming. Participating museums: Citilab Cornella
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Museums worldwide need exhibits about renewable energy technology. Use
your creativity to inspire the next generation of energy engineers
through interactive musuem exhibits. Participating museums: The Tech Museum
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This topic is for exhibits about the evolution and abilities of silicon
chips,
microprocessors, semiconductors and integrated circuits in general. Participating museums: The Tech Museum
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Exhibits on the basic laws of physics. Simple interactives with
memorable experiences and an "aha!" moment. Participating museums: The Tech Museum
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This topic is a new opportunity to develop museum exhibits using the most advanced
interfaces available. Use new interfaces to develop
exhibits that engage and educate visitors as creative interpreters of
our time. Participating museums: The Tech Museum
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This is a special section for "virtual museum" exhibits which can only
be realized in virtual worlds or otherwise not realizable in physical
form.
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Design a challenge for youth grades 5 through 12 that introduces and
reinforces the scientific process with a hands-on project geared to
solve a real-world problem. Your entry should suggest a real-world
problem and its likely solutions that could be built as prototypes by
students as their entry into the Tech Challenge competition.
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These exhibits are related to laureates of The Tech Awards program (http://techawards.org).
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This exhibition was the first created using The Tech Virtual
platform, and was installed at The Tech Museum in the Virtual Test Zone Gallery on June 4, 2008. Videos of the opening, along with more details about this innovative platform are available at: http://thetechvirtual.org/june-4-summit/keynotes-summit-on-digital-democracy-in-exhibit-design/.
These exhibits explore the science and technology behind art, film, and
music as well as exploring their creative processes. Some of the
exhibits may become part of the larger, "Creative Engines" exhibition
currenly being developed. Participating museums: The Tech Museum
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The Tech Museum in San Jose California developed a virtual extension in the virtual world of Second Life (tm) which opened in 2007. The project encompasses 2 functions - a virtual museum with interactive online exhibits (Visit The Tech in Second Life), and an exhibit development workshop (Visit the exhibit workshop) (Requires download if not already installed). Part of The Tech Virtual project, developed with a grant from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The virtual museum houses over 20 interactive exhibits.
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Develop an Exhibition for Your Own Museum:
The Tech Virtual is an "open source" resource and collaborative design platform, to enable creative people (scientists, artists, teachers, designers, museum professionals and more) design new museum exhibits and content, using the most advanced collaborative methods available. Museums of all kinds are welcome to join in this latest innovation in exhibition development. Have your development team engage with creative developers of diverse backgrounds and skills from all over the globe. Design innovative exhibitions with aggressive timelines. The Tech Virtual is a vital source of development tools and talent for developing exhibitions in a cost effective way, while obtaining priceless feedback during the design process. Contact us today to join as a member museum!
