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Welcome to The Genre Traveler! Please sign up using the form to the right so that you'll get all the latest updates to the site. You also might want to sign up for the RSS feed, which you can do via email or your favorite RSS Reader. The Mütter Museum has launched a unique free service: the Cell Phone Audio Tour Guide, one of the first of its kind in the Philadelphia region.

"The cell phone audio tour is a relatively new idea, and we are so excited to be able to offer this feature free of charge to our visitors," said Laurel Weller, museum educator. "Our guests become active participants. They simply dial the designated telephone number and then enter the exhibit number of one of our displays to hear more about it."

Part of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Mütter Museum was founded to educate future doctors about anatomy and human medical anomalies. The College of Physicians uses this collection to enhance the museum experience and promote health literacy, while teaching visitors what it means to be human. The Mütter Museum embodies The College of Physicians of Philadelphia's mission to advance the cause of health, while upholding the ideals and heritage of medicine.

The Audio Tour Guide is free and available to everyone. Using commentary provided by the Mütter Museum staff and other experts, this interactive tour provides visitors with in-depth information about the museum's exhibits, while allowing them to explore the museum's collection at their own pace. Visitors design their own tour by choosing which object they would like to learn more about and in what order.

For more information, visit www.collphyphil.org/mutter.

Wannado City, America's first indoor role-playing theme park for kids based in South Florida, has recently opened M-Lab. Created by Motorola, M-Lab emplowers young visitors to discover a career in innovation while touching upon science and technology in a high-tech, highly immersive environment.

In a press release, Peter Aloumanis, vice president, Motorola Sales & Services, is quoted as saying: "As a global technology company with a significant presence in South Florida -- and a major facility literally down the street from Wannado City -- it only made sense that we should have a venue [there]. With Motorola's more than 75-year history in technological innovation, we feel it is particularly appropriate to invest in the future by introducing children to innovation at a young age."

Designed by Gensler for children ages 8-12, the Motorola M-Lab simulates a scientific laboratory. Each visitor plays the role of an M-Ventor(TM) tasked with helping different organizations solve difficult problems using technology, teamwork and innovation. Assigned a sub-role within the M-Ventor teams, children must work together using an interactive video game to solve the problem.

"Wannado City is excited to have Motorola join our city," Luis Laresgoiti, chief creative officer of Wannado City said in the press release. "With the introduction of a science and technology venue, Motorola will provide kids with a fun and educational experience that is a perfect compliment to our existing professions."

Located in South Florida's Sawgrass Mills, the state's largest mall and the number two tourist destination in Florida, Wannado City is an indoor 140,000 square-feet facility -- the size of three football fields. Here, "kids can do what they Wannado"(TM), enabling children to experience a variety of occupations, from fire fighter to doctor to airline pilot.

For more information:
www.wannadocity.com
www.motorola.com/m-lab

Or, at least that's the plan. Unlike most pod-tour providers, AudioSnacks allows users to post their pod-tours for the chance to make money off them. Kind of cool, huh? Check them out at: www.audiosnacks.com/Home.aspx.

Remember the Coffin Lady? She was featured in the October 2006 issue of The Genre Traveler. Well she sent me an email last night to tell me about a friend of hers who will be on (has already been on?) Good Morning America today.

The friend's name is Jill Testa and she has a unique product line: coffins for wedding rings from dead marriages. Check out the About page -- its an interesting story.

For more information: www.weddingringcoffin.com.

So I can always have content for The Genre Traveler, I've set up a few Google searches. This morning, one turned up this article on Gizmodo, "a technology weblog dedicated to everything related to gadgets, gizmos, and cutting-edge consumer electronics." Titled "Top 5 Road Trip Gadgets,"

I thought you migh find it of interest. The gadgets covered are pretty cool, but they included a Dell laptop. And, being a diehard Mac user, I say "Boo!" to that.