The Science Pod

The basic design of the Science Pod is hardware and software that allows a person to have a LIVE, REAL TIME inter-active experience with a remote location and or person. Examples would be talking to an astronaut on a space mission, controlling a Mars Rover at another museum, running a robot located at a factory somewhere, or talking to a scientist working on a project at Stanford or NASA.

This is a chance for children and adults, from all parts of the country, to have a learning experience like nothing else available today. The backbone of the system is a very complex internet software interface. This is available by dial-up, DSL, high-speed broadband or radio link. A child in a small Utah museum or a class visiting a large museum in New York City, can both have a learning experience that was only dreamed about a year ago. A smaller version can even be run from a private residence, or a traveling museum running from coast to coast.
 

Science Pod design version 1