Found out some info about the new plastics exhibit at Innoventions.
Excerpt from the Feb 9, 2004 Plastics News
"...Washington-based SPI (Society of the Plastics Industry) held a soft launch with its board Jan. 15 at Epcot in Orlando, Fla., and plans to have the exhibit up and running by summer. SPI officials spoke Feb. 4, providing details for the first time about the exhibit's design and updating progress.
The 5,000-square-foot exhibit will be interactive, featuring games in which children learn about plastics and use that knowledge to build virtual robots. Then, the robots will compete in a computerized obstacle course, controlled by a child’s movements on an electronic dance pad.
After that, visitors will be ushered into a working injection molding room, with robots and materials-handling equipment designed to appeal to children by showing a lot of movement, said Bonnie Limbach, SPI’s chief communications officer. The children will get to take away a small toy that will be created on site at the Epcot “factory”, she said..."
I've got the rest of the article that goes on to say who all sponsers this, where some of the ideas came from, and how they plan to keep it fresh. But it sounds like it could be an interesting exhibit for Innoventions.
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