Current Projects

Ongoing Exhibition Design Projects:

Projects at the Tech Virtual can be started by any member who is logged in. 

Projects are arranged by exhibition theme.  Topics remain open for new entries as long as new designs are being considered. 

If you would like to open a new topic for your museum, please let us know by clicking here.

Current Topics:

  Integrated Circuits (aka. Silicon Chips) 

Exhibits about the evolution and abilities of silicon chips, microprocessors, semiconductors and integrated circuits in general.
http://thetechvirtual.org/projects/integrated-circuits

Participating museums: Tech Museum of Innovation
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Digital Arts - Film - Music - Games

Develop museum exhibits using the most advanced interfaces available, such as surface displays, gestural interfaces, augmented reality, RFID, and more. Use new interfaces to develop exhibits that engage and educate visitors as creative interpreters of our time, our place, and our new media.
Participating museums: Tech Museum of Innovation
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   Energy

More information coming soon! Exhibition to open during 2011.

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    Health

Exibition to open during 2012.
Participating museums: Tech Museum of Innovation

  Program for the Future:  

Develop a practical method, tool or technology that connects people so that they collectively act more intelligently. The challenge embraces all areas of human endeavor – not just technical domains like computing or engineering but also the arts, business, economics, education, government, health, law, philanthropy, science and other spheres. Winning entries will be displayed in the participating museums.
Participating museums: Tech Museum of Innovation, MIT Museum
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Completed Exhibition Design Projects:

The Tech Awards Gallery:
The Tech Awards Gallery opening in 2009 will feature many ways that technology benefits humanity: highlighting innovations of global impact that have been selected over the last seven years in the Tech Awards program. The early concept name of the exhibition was "UcanTu". Each exhibit will showcase an award-winning technology from one of the following categories: Health, Education, Environment, Economic Development, and Equality.
Participating museums: Tech Museum of Innovation
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Virtual Test Zone (pilot):
This exhibition was the first created using The Tech Virtual platform, and was installed at The Tech Museum of Innovation in the Virtual Test Zone Gallery on June 4, 2007. 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: Tech Museum of Innovation
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The Tech Virtual Museum (virtual museum exhibit creation):

The Tech Museum of Innovation 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.
Participating museums: Tech Museum of Innovation - The Tech Virtual
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Tech Challenge: Design a Challenge:
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.
Participating museums: Tech Museum of Innovation
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Develop an Exhibition for Your Museum:

The Tech Virtual is a collaborative design platform, using open source licensing 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!

Transcripts of Design Meetings:

You can find text versions of design and planning meetings at:
http://thetechvirtual.org/projects/meeting-transcripts/

Resources for Developers