Distribute short range broadcasting stations throughout the region that broadcast details of their site's history. Tourists walk around with radio receivers; as they go near a place, they can tune in to it. Different frequencies for different epochs.
-- jutta, Mar 07 1997

CNN: Air Flash http://www.cnn.com/...7/08/phoneport.idg/
Similar idea with local travel information and cellular phones [jutta, Mar 07 1997]

You could build these yourself with a closed-loop tape, a cheap walkman, and a Mr. Microphone.
-- Eeyore, Mar 13 2000


Something similar to this at some places...At a zoo here, you can buy 'zoo keys' that you plug into a gadget at different animals and get information...and a 'house of the future' called Xanadu in Orlando Florida hands out little recievers you hold to your ear, and each room has its own transmitter telling you about the features.
-- StarChaser, Mar 13 2000


Here in NZ we have something similar - a tourist information station, on the same (lowest in our FM range) frequency throughout the country. It gives out different information depending on where you are (over quite large areas though).
-- Slag, May 18 2000



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