Fast Facts
Human Plus: Real Lives + Real Engineering inspires visitors to discover the real world impact of technology by exploring and creating a range of low-tech and high-tech tools that extend human abilities.
$40,000 / 3 months + inbound shipping
Ski Race Simulation
Innovative Engineering
Sound Vibration Technology

Explore tools that extend human abilities and change lives! Human Plus: Real Lives + Real Engineering offers visitors a chance to explore and create a range of low-tech and high-tech tools that extend human abilities. Visitors experience the creative, dynamic engineering process, that involve the user every step of the way. The exhibit also tells compelling stories of engineers and users who design and utilize technologies to help themselves and others achieve their goals—from everyday routines to lifelong dreams.
In Human Plus, visitors can ride a mono-ski in a simulated ski race, control a DJ station using the wheels of a wheelchair, engineer unique solutions to design challenges, and discover how neuroprosthetic limbs can be controlled by a user’s thoughts. Human Plus showcases an innovative field of engineering that improves our lives every day.
Virtual Tour
Availability
- Spring 2021
Thanksgiving Point | Lehi, UT
- Summer 2021
ECHO Leahy for lake Champlain | Burlington, VT
- Fall 2021
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- Spring 2022
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- Summer 2022
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School Resources
A collection of PDFs and guides for museum staff and teachers to expand on the educational content of the exhibit, including in-classroom experiments and activities for your museum floor.
Museum Resources
Media Resources
All the logos, images, and assets you need to properly market the exhibit, promote sponsors, and get guests excited about their visit!










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Partners
The exhibition was created by the New York Hall of Science in partnership with OMSI and the Quality of Life Technology Center with funding from the National Science Foundation (award number 1010507).