Issue I

CHIKids Interviews

Jay Apt the Astronaut
- Bruce Sternling
- Allison Druin

Jay Apt the Astronaut
By: Sam Jaffee (11)

Jay the Astronaut: Tuesday I had a chance to interview Jay Apt. Jay is here because when he was an astronaut there was a lot of human-computer interaction.

Jay now works at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He uses lots of computers at the museum to help people and kids learn more about the earth. He finds that the range of knowledge at CHI is the most interesting thing about it. This is his first year at CHI. At the museum Jay helps design and build exhibits. He has gone into space four times. While he was in space he used a lot of computers. His favorite web site is www.clpgh.org/cmnh. This is the museumıs site.

His favorite thing about computers is that they can show you many different things. For example, you can see an image of the center of the Earth. He thinks that the ways people interface with computers in a museum can help them learn more. Jay has built robot tour guides that will be at the reception. This was one of my most interesting interviews.