Cooper Hewitt Design Museum uses interactive digital pen technology
Rachel Goslins · a16z Podcast | The Living Museum · Jan 2, 2019 · at 4:44
Rachel Goslins, Director of the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, discusses interactive technology in museums, citing the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum's custom digital pen.
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“So at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York, we have the pen. It allows you to go into this amazing design museum and using a checkout device to capture information, in some instances to drag those objects onto an interactive table and manipulate them, or to, you know, change the wallpaper in this kind of installation room.”
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