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- From: aglover@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: The Science Museum at Acorn World '93 (Acorn Press Release)
- Date: 17 Sep 93 16:00:29 GMT
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- The Science Museum Joins the Party at Acorn World '93
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- Release Date 17th September 1993
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- The Science Museum, a long term Acorn partner, will have a high
- profile at Acorn World '93. As well as providing consultancy and
- advice on the exhibits in the Acorn Gallery, the Museum has taken a
- stand and will be giving one of the presentations in the theatre
- programme.
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- The Science Museum's stand will be used to demonstrate how Acorn
- computers are used to provide interactive information to visitors
- throughout the museum. The Science Museum has been a customer of
- Acorn's for 10 years and, today, over 90% of its computer-based
- exhibits run on Acorn platforms. A recent example is the Museum's
- 'Science Box' exhibition on DNA finger printing - one of a series of
- exhibitions on contemporary science issues. Visitors were invited to
- enter information via a touchscreen into an Acorn Computer.
- Information is then fed back to them on the number of other people
- who have used this exhibit that share the same characteristics.
- Apart from the Science Museum, there are many other companies
- demonstrating their interactive technology on Acorn computers at the
- show.
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- Longman Logotron will be demonstrating Talking PenDown, its word
- processor which can speak letters, words and sentences as they are
- typed in. Immediate speech feedback allows children to see and hear
- their text simultaneously and correct their mistakes as they type.
- (As well as launching a new version of its RISC OS relational
- database, S-Base 2, Longman will also be demonstrating the powerful
- Eureka 2 spreadsheet and PinPoint 2, its data handling application.)
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- Wyddfa Software, which produces educational software for young
- children and those with special educational needs, will be
- demonstrating its latest product, Talking Stories. This interactive
- system encourages children to learn to read and write by generating
- stories. The text of the story appears on screen with various words
- missing. The next page of the story is not displayed until the
- children select the correct words to fill the spaces. Wyddfa's
- established Talking Pictures and The Spoken Word will also be on
- display.
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- With the theme of 'Vision for the Future', Acorn World is set to be
- the largest ever showcase for Acorn products and services worldwide.
- Taking place at Wembley from 29-31 October 1993, the exhibition will
- have a futuristic theme and includes a series of dedicated feature
- areas. These will offer a glimpse of technological innovation in the
- education, publishing, professional services and home business
- sectors.
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- A high level theatre programme will accompany the exhibition, at which
- industry experts will give their views on a range of business and
- technical, educational and leisure topics.
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