Museum Media

NEW MEDIA FOR MUSEUMS (web, touchscreens, smartphone apps, RFID, AR, audio & video tours, interactives…)

Digital and new media for museums! – Welkom op deze site!

27 July 2010 | 2 Comments

Message for Dutch speaking visitors: NIEUW: Ga direct naar de Nederlandstalige museummedia.nl.

Every day new posts, a forum, information on new devices, handy resources, inspirational case-studies. Stay tuned. Bookmark this site or
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This website is an initiative of the award-winning Dutch company Infofilm. Infofilm is producer of digital media for museums: touch-screen apps, online collections, museum audio and video tours,  rfid-, wifi-, iphone-, ipod touch-applications, 2D and 3D animations, motion graphics, big screen presentations, cross media, etcetera.

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Nice example of Augmented Reality for museums

27 August 2010 | Add Comment

Augmented Reality of the Augsburg Display Cabinet

The Getty Museum’s 17th-century display cabinet from Augsburg, Germany, is a type of furniture often called a “cabinet of curiosities” because of its compartments designed to contain collectible objects.

Imagine holding the large tabletop cabinet in your hands. You can get a sense of the furniture’s multifaceted structure by using augmented reality technology to virtually spin, tilt, and open it.

Get Started here

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Multitouch table presentations made easy with Tiptile

14 August 2010 | 1 Comment

TipTile enables you to make an attractive presentation of image, text and video on the Microsoft Surface™.

Tiptile is an easy to use package for making and viewing presentations in an educational or cultural environment. You can edit and preview on any PC and then deploy on Surface.

Read details on our Case Study page.

For more information, visit www.tiptile.com or www.onwijs.com

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Create your own Museum Daily Newspaper with paper.li

10 August 2010 | 1 Comment

Every museum can have its own daily ‘newspaper’ online. It consists of your links shared on Twitter. Its free and ready in 2 minutes!

Paper.li organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user, list or #tag.

A great way to stay on top of all that is shared by the people you follow – even if you are not connected 24/7 !

This is the #museum paper.li we created http://paper.li/tag/museum

Create your newspaper here: http://paper.li/

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Brand-new! Your Museum Media Flipboard Magazine!

8 August 2010 | 3 Comments

(Almost) 4.000 Followers on Twitter! We appreciate your following very very much and hope to keep tweeting useful messages to you all. Send us your remarks, questions and suggestions please: info@museummedia.nl.

As a kind of gift and inspired by that marvellous new way of iPad-Magazine-format presentation FLIPBOARD we guide you through a simple 1-2-3 process for viewing our Museum Media Magazine on your iPad. And don’t forget YOUR TWEETS WILL APPEAR too if you use @museummedia!

1. Start the FLIPBOARD application, flip and Click on + Add a Section (you can always delete your magazine later on if you want be clicking on ‘edit’)

2. Search for: Museum Media

3. Choose: Museum Media (@museummedia)

Enjoy your new Magazine!

What if you haven’t an iPad?

No problem, you can have a look at the Magazine here: (pages from the magazine, you can download them if you want)

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Good news for those using NAVI or taking self-guided museum or walking tours

2 August 2010 | Add Comment

The AT90RF135602 definitely needs a nickname. Even in 8-point type it’s too big a title for the world’s smallest RFID reader!

AT90RF135602 see what I mean? is the latest RFID collaboration of California-based Atmel and UK-based Innovision Research & Technology. This single chip RFID reader is a mere 12mm by 12mm by 2mm. For those of you who like to travel ultra-light, check out the scaled down 6mm by 8mm by 1.5mm version.

The AT90RF135602 reads and writes to 13.56 MHz RFID tags and smart labels, is optimised for a 2.8V battery operation, and is compliant to ISO/IEC 14443-A parts 2 & 3, making it especially suited for small, battery-powered handheld devices.

I can see how this smaller-than-dime-sized RFID reader may be helpful for NAVI Navigation Assistance for the Visually Impaired and other handheld applications. Smaller readers make handheld devices less obtrusive and more comfortable to carry. Good news for those using NAVI or taking self-guided museum or walking tours.

Read more: rfid at90rf135602 smallest rfid reader « Asietude.

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American Museum of Natural History – AMNH Explorer App for iPhone & iPod touch

31 July 2010 | 1 Comment

Chart your own course at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City with AMNH Explorer—a new app that is part custom navigation system, part personal tour guide for the Museum’s world-famous halls. Providing turn-by-turn directions, AMNH Explorer takes visitors from the edge of the universe to the age of the dinosaurs. Choose from a variety of Museum-designed tours or create your own from a list of popular exhibits, specimens, or artifacts. AMNH Explorer also lets you share your adventures with friends and family by linking directly to your Facebook and Twitter profiles. Download AMNH Explorer now and start planning your next visit or use your iPhone or iPod Touch to discover the Museum’s must-sees from anywhere in the world. It’s the new way to find your way at the American Museum of Natural History.

More information here.

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Internet For Peace – Become part of the movement to nominate the Net for a Nobel Peace Prize

31 July 2010 | 1 Comment

Sign up for the Internet For Peace and become part of the movement to nominate the Net for a Nobel Peace Prize

“We have finally realized that the Internet is much more than a network of computers.It is an endless web of people. Men and women from every corner of the globe areconnecting to one another, thanks to the biggest social interface ever known to humanity.Digital culture has laid the foundations for a new kind of society.And this society is advancing dialogue, debate and consensus through communication.Because democracy has always flourished where there is openness, acceptance,discussion and participation. And contact with others has always been the mosteffective antidote against hatred and conflict.That’s why the Internet is a tool for peace.That’s why anyone who uses it can sow the seeds of non-violence.And that’s why the next Nobel Peace Prize should go to the Net.A Nobel for each and every one of us.

via Sign up for the Internet For Peace and become part of the movement to nominate the Net for a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Tate Offers Kids A Chance To Help Make A Film

26 July 2010 | Add Comment

In an attempt to engage children with creative skills early on, the Tate museum recently unveiled its film project that will air on the BBC next year. Children aged 5-13 are asked to contribute designs for animations and illustrations through the film’s website:

The site will be constantly updated in order to try and keep the kids interested during the year-long production period. There will also be a truck, rigged up to look like the studio on the website, that will travel around schools and to festivals and other events to try and encourage children to get involved. One of the aims of the project is to get ‘hard-to-reach’ kids to take part, so the truck will hopefully be a way of speaking to kids who may not have easy access to the internet, plus there will be a freepost address to send physical work in to as well. Workshops have also already begun taking place at Tate – these will continue over the coming months, alongside workshops at a network of partner galleries across the UK. BBC’s Blue Peter will also be following the real-life production process and encouraging kids to get involved.

Source: Tate Offers Kids A Chance To Help Make A Film – PSFK.

The project: http://tatemovie.co.uk/

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Museummedia loads faster

25 July 2010 | Add Comment

Museum Media has had a complete overhaul. You won’t notice anything in the lay-out of the site, but you will experience a much swifter interaction.

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