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The Computer Museum Network
A great number of online exhibits can be visited at this site. One attraction is of course the Walk Through Computer 2000, presented to the public in 1995, and since then to be seen in journals and newspapers. It's the biggest (in terms of physical size) computer in the world and you can really "walk through!" Learn about the pedagogic background and the technical construction. Furthermore: robots and other friendly machines, people and computers: milestones of a revolution, technical innovations in the history of the computer. Or construct your own robot!
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San Francisco Exploratorium
This scientific oriented but very popurlarly designed and explained exhibition is located in San Francisco. The site presents scientific experiments and attractions, space and solar photographs of "Hubble", and a lot more. Visit the "Learning Studio" and build your own "Ear Guitar" or check out the mysterious "Secret Bells." Of great interest: how the eye of a cow is dissected. "The Cow's Eye Dissection is one of the most popular demonstrations at the Exploratorium. For many years it has helped people satisfy their curiosity about what is inside an eye." Or go with Bob Miller on a lightwalk, his unique discoveries will change the way you look at light, shadow and images.
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St. Louis Science Center
This museum in St. Louis tries to redefine the concept of a science center online by experimenting with new, more interactive ways. The first online gallery "Ecology and Environment Past" is an example for these efforts. You can explore there 300 pages with photographs, animations and videos, drawings, and texts. The topic: The environment and the ecology of our region has undergone dramatic changes through time. Over the past 4.5 billion years, this area from quiet lifeless desert to sizzling volcanic wasteland, from clear shallow sea to lush swampland, from warm-weather forest to a land gripped by ice and snow.
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Transport Museum Nuernberg
Two museums are to be found here: the railroad museum and that of mail and communication. Much is offered not only for railroad fans: Historical information about the "Eagle" (first train in history) and the "ICE"-train (today's highspeed train), models of and genuine cars, locomotives, technical infomation worth knowing (signaling set, tunnelling and bridge building, ICE engineering). At present you can see in a special exhibition: end tensile engineering and the "Pendolino". In the postal and communication museum there are also many historical presentations: continental stagecoach and mailcoach drivers, the beginnings of telegraphing, the "Fraeulein of the office", radio under National Socialism. But the state of the art is not neglected: communications satellites, fiber-optic cables, digitalization. An interesting and informative WWW-exhibit.
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German Museum (Munich)
The German museum in Munich presents here almost everything that's of interest in the field of technology and natural science: from the Altamira cave up to the measurement of time, from astronomy up to machine tool building. The departments "space travel and "aviation", "motor vehicles" and "environmental technology" are presented with informative texts as well. Along with many photographs, graphics and videos of relevant exhibits.
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IS Huette: Voelklingen Old Ironworks
In 1994 the Unesco declared the "Old Voelklinger Ironworks" (set up in the 19th century and almost completely preserved in all parts in the original state) to be part of the world cultural heritage. It is presented very attractively here in pictures and texts: the importance of the "world cultural heritage", metallurgy, inspections of the ironworks and events, strange facts about ist surroundings and a small technical lexicon. An interesting WWW exhibition and presentation of the industry museum!
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Nuclear Cellar Museum (Haigerloch)
A genuine museum and an exhibition for the WWW at the same time: It was in the small town of Haigerloch (in southern Germany) where the World War II's last nuclear fission tests occured, from the end of 1944 throuh April, 1945. It was carried out by a research group centered around W.Heisenberg and C.F. von Weizsaecker. This exhibition gives background informations: 1.) How everything began - Otto Hahn and the discovery of nuclear fission, 2.) The experiment B8 in Haigerloch, 3.) The end of the experiments in Haigerloch (occupation and dismantling). You will find an interview with Werner Heisenberg about the nuclear-power experiments in the Nazi period and very informative texts. It's pity that the images are too big: 160-240 kB, the basement outline has 485 kB!
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