Apple cracks open the iPod, slightly | CNET News.com
Apple has also posted on its developer Web site some instructions that allow the device to be operated in a “museum mode” in which the iPod’s interface can be customized for use as part of an audio tour. For example, a text note about a Van Gogh exhibit could link to audio files that offer a guided tour of the paintings.
Hmm, a electronic museum exhibit guide has been done but my experience wasn’t all that wonderful, and I’m guessing an iPod would just as good. You could bring your own and “install” the museum’s information, then scroll through to the right bits as you walk around. That was one of the problems I found with the MEG system at EMP: if there was crowd around an exhibit, it was hard to point the infrared sensor at it and get MEG to do it’s thing. If the control was at the device, rather than requiring interaction with the space, it would work better.