Hello
I hope this question doesn't seem completely off-topic - but I know
quite a few of the people on this list are into scientific interactives:
We're always hearing about interactive science exhibits that are
breaking down. But what's the oldest hands-on science exhibit that's
still going strong? I think the Golden Ball in the Science Museum
could be a strong contender as I understand it's been there, in one
guise or another, since the Children's Gallery opened in the early
1930s. But do you know of anything more venerable? And what about the
oldest screen-based interactive? The oldest computer games console
was Computer Space (1971) so I reckon there can't be anything much
before that - or was there something lurking in the corner of a
gallery with dots on a cathode ray tube?
Anyway, answers on a postcard please. I'm really looking for
exhibits that genuinely get a pounding, day in and day out, in a
public space. This is for a little commercial article I'm writing, so
I have a Golden Ball (well, a Golden Easter Egg) for the person who
can come up with the most convincing ancient interactive exhibit in
either category.
Sarah
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