From computation with cranks and gears to the first commercially available laptop, "Computer Pioneers" features short animations about technical trailblazers. In BGP’s exhibit, a visitor taps any of the figures in the index, and a kinetic silent animation is triggered which illustrates the subject's contribution.
KIOSK SCREENSAVER: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE / COMPUTER PIONEERS; client HISTORY & SMITHSONIAN; executive producers SUSAN E. LEVENTHAL & LIBBY H. O'CONNELL; producer & director BENJAMIN GOLDMAN; supervising producer ALISON GUSS; written by BENJAMIN GOLDMAN & DANIEL GAMBURG; illustrations DAVID NAVAS; animation BENJAMIN GOLDMAN & JASON CARPENTER; assistant animation MILES MARTINEZ; technical director DAN EVERSON; interactive programming JUSTIN WHITE; project manager KIRSTEN YOUNG.
Gordon Moore, 1929-
Grace Hopper, 1906-1992
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