It’s Not the Size of the Online Collection…

By Chris Norris Museums should be worrying about browsability. We hold enormous numbers of specimens and artifacts in the public trust. At the same time, the fraction of these collections that we actually make available to the public is miniscule. This problem is particularly acute for natural history collections, where specimens can number in the [...]

RFID Conceptual Design: Interactive Wall

We are creating an RFID interactive wall. We are using cell phones to write links to diverse media such as personal video files onto RFID tagged objects that can be placed near the wall. Invisible digital connections and high resolution screens allow for instant recall of memories from the past. We are using this method [...]

RFID Systems, Standards, White Paper, RFID in Museums

Each month, RFID Journal receives numerous white paper submissions from outside experts. We read each paper carefully and select the most informative articles. Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of facts or claims in these papers. See the list: RFID Systems, Standards, White Paper. For museums this could be interesting. Smarttrack is an [...]

Acoustiguide offers digital audio and visual interpretation to visitors via a variety of platforms

Acoustiguide offers digital audio and visual interpretation to visitors via a variety of platforms – including cell phones, multimedia players, and the internet – as well as proprietary hardware and software solutions designed and manufactured specifically for the market. via Acoustiguide.

TinEye is the first image search engine using image identification technology! Interesting for museums!

TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather [...]

February 1st: Follow a Museum day

Jim Richardson: I read with interest today about Bill Gates joining Twitter and amassing a following of more than 236,000 people in a little over 24 hours. The Museo del Prado is the leading Museum on the micro blogging website with 92,431 followers, but as I wrote earlier this month, most of the 871 Museums [...]

Location: It’s All About Context, Mobile Behavior

Location is finally becoming central to our digital identities and our connected selves. Consumer mobile devices are now packing in GPS functionality, on-the-go data consumption is at an all-time high, and location-based social networks are growing fast. This trend is going to impact marketing dramatically in the coming years, mostly because it provides a point [...]

Wil je ook via GPS op Media Phones gevonden worden?

Door Luc van Poelje geplaatst op 19 Januari op NING Museum Marketing: Als ik midden in de stad mijn mobiel gebruik om te kijken waar musea zich bevinden, ziet dat er zo uit: Meer en meer gebruiken toeristen dergelijke tools. Hoe zorg je dat je er ook bij staat? Is dat duur? Nee!! Het kost [...]

Expovisie – Touchscreen Themadagen

Op 9, 10 en 11 maart organiseert Prestop de Touchscreen Themadagen in het Interactive Experience Centre in Best.Tijdens deze dagen worden de nieuwste multitouchtechnieken, interactieve vloer- en raamprojectie, touchcomputers, touchscreens en bijbehorende applicaties getoond. Tevens zullen tijdens deze drie dagen seminars en presentaties worden gehouden en kunt u diverse apparatuur zoals toetsenborden, geluidskoepels, lcd-bouwschermen testen. [...]

Disney quietly working on $1 billion-plus “next generation” technology project

The Walt Disney Co.’s theme-park division is quietly working on a major technology initiative that boosters hope could radically transform the theme-park experience. Details of the project, which has been dubbed within Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as “next generation experience” or “NextGen,” are being closely guarded. But there is widespread speculation among former Disney [...]