Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Top five destinations for tech lovers

Are you a Geek? Do you want to go for a holiday? Which place you would love to visit? Well, you must be thinking, the places where you want to go should have all the elements that fulfills your intellectual needs as well as your holiday purpose. IT professionals usually prefer to visit places where they may find something related to technology, places that are epitome of technological research and inventions and that have captured and preserved the remains of tech innovations and history. They will find these places interesting and would love to visit such places. 

Kennedy Space Center (KSC): The NASA's John F Kennedy space center is located on Merritt Island, Florida. The space center manages and operates America's astronaut launch facilities. It can be the best attraction for the IT professionals. There is option for one day trip to Kennedy Space center from Orlando. There are options while get into the center, there will be "Dine with an astronaut" option and also the shows of IMAX films. People can visit the NASA's launch headquarters as well.

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN): CERN is founded in 1954, located astride the Franco ,Swiss border near Geneva. This center is one of the most respected centers for scientific research. World's largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter at CERN. World Wide Web (WWW) was created in the same place. 


So IT professionals have lots to see and learn from this place where all the things are related to technology.


International Spy Museum: This museum is located in Washington DC. It is one of the few museums in Washington that charges admission fees. Here visitors can learn about Microdots and invisible ink, buttonhole cameras and submarine recording. Technical people will be very much benefited from this visit to the museum.

The Computer History Museum: The Computer History Museum was built in 1996, it's located in California. This Museum has three key exhibits, "Mastering the Game", "history of computer chess", and "Innovation in the valley."The place also has some rare objects like Cray-1 supercomputer, Cray-2, Cray-3. There is lot of things to explore in this place. People will get to know much technical information here. 


Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL): JPL is located in the outside of Los Angeles. The key function of the JPL is to construction and operation of robotic planetary spacecraft. The lab also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. JPL also operates the NASA's Deep Space Network. It offers free tour that includes a multimedia presentation on JPL, visits to the Spacecraft Assembly Facility and live demonstrations of JPL science and technology.



You just got a glimpse of the five places that we presented to you.If you want to explore more here are some of the similar places, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, German Museum of Technology, Bletchley Park, England. 

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