Libraries, Star Trek Style

Seriously, this is cool. Seattle's new library features "wireless "smart" necklaces that let library staff communicate and respond from anywhere in the building" (SO James Bond), "software that will provide a floor map diagramming each book's location, so the catalog will tell you a book's call number and show you exactly where to find it," and "individual 'sound domes' [that] will play loud music in the young adult section, tunes that are inaudible a step away." Wow.

Posted by Hilary at February 27, 2004 08:11 PM