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Techno-wizards at Play.

Reports on the exhibit 'Invention at Play,' on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. Exhibit focuses on child's play and the creative process; Comments of James McLurkin, an undergraduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), about the concept of pl...

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Published in:Smithsonian Vol. 33; no. 8; p. 46
Main Author: Dawson, Victoria
Format: Article
Published: Smithsonian Magazine Nov2002
Subjects:
Toy robots
Robotics
Play > Social aspects
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Museum of American History (U.S.)
Massachusetts
Cambridge (Mass.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
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Summary:Reports on the exhibit 'Invention at Play,' on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. Exhibit focuses on child's play and the creative process; Comments of James McLurkin, an undergraduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), about the concept of play; Toys created by McLurkin include robotic ants; McLurkin's vision that thousands of robots could perform functions deemed too dangerous for humans.