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Robots for Accessibility: Help Henry Spread the Word
AAM conference attendees were joined in Seattle by Henry Evans, accessibility advocate and founder of Robots for Humanity.Henry joined us via a Beam Pro telepresence robot (courtesy of Suitable Technologies). Because he is quadriplegic, … -
Bringing Battlefields to Life
I’ve long wished there was an AR app for Civil War Battlefields that would allow me to overlay video of reenactors on the actual landscapes of Gettysburg, Antietam, etc. (Maybe with a little less gore than would be strictly accurate.)Maybe … -
Your Guide to the Future at the 2014 Annual Meeting
It’s time for my yearly list of “sessions I would go to if I weren’t helping to run the meeting.” (And remember, if you aren’t going to the conference, you can still sign up to visit MuseumExpo via telepresence robot, courtesy of Suitable … -
The Internet of Future Things in Seattle
Here is a preview of part 3 of CFM’s “glimpse of the future” demo at the annual meeting in Seattle. It’s a little installation I’m calling “The Internet of Future Things,” and came about through the collision of location-aware tech with … -
Building the Future of Education: A Call to Action
I’m pleased to announce the release of Building the Future of Education: Museums and the Learning Ecosystem. This report shares the great content and provocative ideas that bubbled up in a convening AAM co-organized with The Henry Ford … -
The Future of Storytelling
On a recent series of flights across the country I burned through Scott Westerfeld’s “Leviathan” series: three Steampunk-style alt-history novels. One fundamental premise of strategic foresight is that any area of … -
Droning On About the Annual Meeting in Seattle
In Tuesday’s post, Henry Evans previewed the demonstration of telepresence robots (aka Remote Presence Devices) that CFM will be hosting in MuseumExpo. (If you want to sign up to “beam in” and visit the Expo via robot, … -
Exploring Robots for Accessibility, in Seattle
Every year CFM organizes a glimpse of the future in AAM’s own section of MuseumExpo at the annual meeting. Last year we explored 3D printing. This year we are hosting demonstrations of several technologies related to accessibility and to … -
Monday Musing: Mapping Quiet Spaces
These musings started as my self assigned “15 minute to comment on a story in the news.” I’ve been blowing my time limit, lately, so today I’m setting my stopwatch and sticking to my original intent: briefly … -
Coming Soon: Your Robotic Chariot
What will be the first robot to be a part of your everyday life? OK, it may already be the Roomba–the little autonomous vacuum cleaner (80% of which are given names by their owners.) But I don’t think Roombas will radically …
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