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I found this article an interesting take on the idea using futures thinking in a personal way to help potential customers/users/visitors think about all kinds of choices they make in terms of how those choices will affect them -- as individuals -- in the future.

Emotional attachment to robots?  As they become integrated into our lives-and our museums-how will we relate to them?  

THE HERITAGE COUNCIL is hosting workshop to teach communities how to create a pop-up museum in vacant spaces to inject life back into their towns and draw in the tourists.

Museums improve well-being similar to playing a sport! That's it...from now on I can answer all sport/exercise-related questions with "I go to museums!"

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Every electric vehicle will need to have access to a charging station within its driving range. Charging stations will have to be distributed differently from gas stations.

In the wake of a public petition to allow people to unlock their cellphones for use on the wireless network of their choice, both the White House and the Federal Communications Commission came out in favor of a change in the law. 

Big museums come to small towns.  How to small town museums stay relevant? 

Normally don't pay too much attention to these "contests" or these polls, but this it was interesting to think about how museums play a role in the community life in these states.......

Caregiving is going to be a huge and expensive issue for this country to deal with in the coming years.  How can museums help?

I loved this article because it showed how the local food movement is working hard to be accessible to a lower income demographic.  

Interesting to think how museums could become more involved in design, incubation and the maker movement.

Look at #8. Business stepping up: From profit to purpose .....museums have always had a purpose beyond profit. We are uniquely poised to show the "purpose driven public" our motivations and how we benefit society.

Building a new library building gave designers and librarians a new way to think about what a library can be to a community.  Digital and physical coexist and people are a primary focus. Could a museum do as well?  How can you achieve this level of integration and community involvement without building a new building?

How can, or should, museums look to help with the cuts coming to caregiving support. Musuem partnerships with care centers?

Should we be thinking about visitor personality rather than - or in addition to - age and other demographics?  

So how can downtown activate spaces like the plaza-and Grand Park? ... park designers knew they'd have to rely on programming to get people in for the first time

Folks at any museum who are thinking about incorporating experiences for the blind should watch these videos - especially Describing Colors to Blind People, Intangible Concepts to a Blind Person, and How a Blind Person Uses a Computer. Lots of other good stuff here too, plus you gotta love Tommy's attitude.