Hi Eddie!

I have no first-hand experience, but I wonder if . . .

You could limit the size of the items to be scanned so that the laser
scanner could be mounted -- facing down -- about 4" or 6" above a
counter, not leaving enough room for a child to (a) squish their head
underneath or (b) have a direct line of sight at the laser?  Other
thoughts?

Best wishes, sincerely,

Jay Heuman
Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator
Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68102
342-3300 (telephone)   342-2376 (fax)

"You can’t lock up art in a vault and keep it frozen for posterity. Then
the artist is betrayed, history is betrayed."
(Walter Persegati)


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  Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 12:33 pm
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  Subject: Grocery Store

  Greeting to all:
  We are designing a grocery store exhibit for our new museum and are
discussing scanning equipment at the checkout counters.
  In our discussions with staff we have some with concerns about using
actual laser scanners because of an eye safety issue.
  Some feel if children look at the scanner laser light it may cause eye
damage.
  I have been to a couple of museums that use scanners in the Grocery
Store exhibits.
  How have other museums addressed this issue?
  Thanks,
  Eddie Lott
  Director of Education and Exhibits
  The Children's Museum of South Carolina
  843-946-9469
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