 The Tech Museum of Innovation 
Robots, Robots Program a seven-foot high robotic arm to shoot basketballs! Converse with a robot that appears to think. At Robotics, discover over 30 different indistrial robots that explore other planets, follow maps, tie shoes, communicate in sign language, detect motion, draw pictures, and respond to your commands! Discover for yourself what robots are, what they can do, and how they will chnage your future. It's hands-on, interactive, and you can even build a robot yourself! Local exhibit sponsor: JPMorgan The Tech Museum of Innovation Fingerspelling Hand Exhibit
Dexter II There are about 15,000 people in this country who are both deaf and blind. Many of them communicate by fingerspelling - a system of gestures in which each letter of the alphabet has its own finger and hand position. But they can't communicate with people who don't know fingerspelling, nor can they use telephones or computers without a human interpreter - until now. With a robotic hand like Dexter II, anyone who can type can talk to a deaf-blind person without an interpreter. Keystrokes make the fingers on the robotic hand move. The deaf-blind person touches the hand and recognizes the fingerspelling letters. Dexter II also works with a computer scanner to read printed text or a speech recognition program to translate spoken words. |
