In a system and method for enabling a user to navigate among a plurality of internet websites of interest to the user, the system includes a graphical user interface which includes a guide for enabling the user to navigate among the internet websites, and to obtain access to a selected one of the internet websites. An image of the object is digitally captured. The chamber may be configured to maintain a non-accessed portion of the sample in a cryopreserved state. Advantageously, the persistent electrochromic stack holds one or both of the optical states without the application of external power.