It cannot so easily remain dumb and passive; its imperialism and sexism can be challenged by the exhibits, rather than being reinforced by them.
E-readers can't remain dumb, paperback-sized, text display gadgets forever.
He believes that even in the next century we won't be running around wearing Metroid-esque smart suits, but that our clothing will remain dumb and our gadgets will disappear against and inside our bodies.
People with akabonge remain silent, as if they are dumb.
The architects, engineers and lever-pullers who run the American police state want us to remain deaf, dumb and silent.
If cars, traffic and navigation can be "smart," is there any reason for roads to remain as dumb as bricks?
"Phones became smart, but smartphone accessories remained 'dumb,' explains Koné, as to why the company created The Feeling Skin in the first place.
This redoubtable enemy of dumbing-down remained a highly individual operator into the 1990s.
But years ago, her brother did exactly that when he was three, so the cupboards remain locked, as dumb as it seems.
These, the academy concluded, made most of the century's other advances possible.But whereas cars, computers and so forth have become ever more sophisticated, power grids have remained, in essence, sets of dumb wires.
"The reason the dumb watch has remained a constant for decades is that it is almost a perfect form factor. Convenient and only as obtrusive as you wish it to be.
