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Mobile Sites and Web Apps for Museums

Vincent Roman: Here are a bunch of different reasons why I think developing Web Apps for visitors is by are a superior model and strategy for museums in the long run: Maximum Accessibility & iPad Ready! – No stone unturned in ensuring that each and every visitor has full access to the same information. Saves the [...]

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inLogic Announces RFID Pilot Solution for Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium Shark Bytes Exhibit

inLogic, a leading provider of RFID middleware and software solutions, today announced the success of a RFID pilot solution it has developed for the Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium. In order to educate visitors about RFID technology, the Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium will be employing RFID to create personalized and participatory experiences in [...]

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CHIN’s Professional Exchange

Heritage professionals who are interested in technologies will find, in the Professional Exchange, a vast number of learning and reference tools, such as Artefacts Canada. Join this group to share knowledge, take part in communities of practice and gain access to experts through audio and video clips, workshops and webinars. Discover the resource par excellence [...]

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Microsoft Surface experience to enable 3D interaction with mobile devices

Microsoft is planning to demonstrate this week at its employee-only Microsoft Research showcase in Redmond a project it is calling the “Mobile Surface.” Microsoft is briefing a few select press on some of its TechFest projects before the event begins. I wasn’t briefed; I just found the link for this while trolling around on the [...]

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14th National Museum Publishing Seminar

Editors, curators, Web and new media producers, designers, printers, marketing and public relations staff, publishers-we’re all thinking about the relationship between print and online sources, and the impact that new media have on our traditional practices. Although we have touched on this theme at some of our previous museum publishing seminars, you will want to [...]

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The ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit, May 7, 2010, in Mountain View, California

Today ReadWriteWeb is announcing our second event, the ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit 2010. It will take place May 7, 2010, in Mountain View, California. The ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit will be an exploration of the latest Mobile development trends, both the technology and the emerging business applications. Here’s a sample of some of the topics: Geo-location services – what can [...]

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The most modern biographical museum in Europe

The Chopin Museum collection numbers over 5,000 exhibits. Among them are autographs and first editions of the composer’s works, his letters, memorabilia and documents. Key editions of Chopin’s music, as well as of works by his contemporaries are also featured. There are also paintings, graphics and sculpture pieces. The organisers, the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute, have [...]

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Eric Schmidt presents Google’s vision of the mobile future at Mobile World Congress 2010

Eric Schmidt presents Google’s vision of the mobile future at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Eric Schmidt presents Google’s vision of the mobile future at Mobile World Congress 2010 is a post from: Museum Media

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Iphone Application Isbmnh Launched By Team International

TEAM International recently co-developed iSBMNH, a free application available on the iTunes store. Now users can visit the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in the comfort of their home. iSBNature allows museum enthusiasts to access the museum’s website, displays multiple exhibits including butterflies alive and provides a detailed map of the museum. The following [...]

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Van Abbemuseum: Play Van Abbe

Saturday 10 April, during the National Museum Weekend, Play Van Abbe Part 2, Time Machines, will open. In this part, utopian museum models of the past and radical historical prototypes will be assessed to find out if and how they can be applied today. How does a museum tell a story through presentation techniques and [...]

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MuseumMobile managed by Nancy Proctor

MuseumMobile is a forum for conversations about mobile interpretation – media & technology – for museums and cultural sites. It also aims to be a vehicle for connecting to related resources on the web, including: The MuseumMobile Podcasts The TEC-CH Online Course on Mobile Interpretation The MuseumMobile Wiki The Museums-to-Go mobile application development working group Tate’s Handheld Conference Wiki, Sept [...]

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Museum Planning Software, a nice list

The “Museum Planning” blog is a resource for board members, museum staff and museum consultants working in the field of interactive museums. Blog topics include; museum planning of new museums and centers, planning and the development of interactive exhibitions and the project management of exhibitions. On the blog of Mark Walhimer is a nice list of [...]

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Nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering

The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History presents NanoDays 2010, a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering, March 27 to April 3. The Lemelson Center is one of more than 200 science museums, research centers and universities across the country [...]

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Museums, Mobile Devices and Social Media

Join an elite group of leading thinkers and museum experts for an incisive and up-to-the-minute analysis of trends in uses of mobile devices by museum and science center audiences. Hear assessments of current systems and projections about future possibilities in terms of how social networking and mobility tools can help museums connect with their audiences, [...]

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Making Low Cost 3D Video for your Museum

A low cost apparatus for capturing stereoscopic video is described and footage from the apparatus is presented in anaglyph form: Case Study 27: Making Low Cost 3D Video for your Museum. Making Low Cost 3D Video for your Museum is a post from: Museum Media

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Open Source Multitouch Gesture Library and Illustrations

GestureWorks ships with an open library of over 20 unique gestures. No longer constrained by the limitations of the OS, the developer has full programmatic control. The gesture library is built upon an open source gesture framework. Developers can customize their own gesture library by simply extending the Gesture object and setting fundamental parameters which [...]

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There’s only 4 days left to submit your session proposal for TIE 2010!

Are you developing new exhibitions, interpretive programs, or public spaces that involve technology? Do you have a technology success story you’re eager to tell or a project failure you’re willing to share? Contribute your skills and experience by presenting a virtual session during AAM Technology, Interpretation, and Education 2010 TIE 2010, June 23 – 24. TIE [...]

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Damien Hirst, End of an Era, unauthorized video of one of the seasons most controversial exhibitions

James Kalm slips into the Madison Avenue branch of the Gagosian Gallery to bring viewers unauthorized video of one of the seasons most controversial exhibitions. End of an Era may be a cynical ploy by Hirst to vaccinate himself from complaints of his promotion of overly conspicuous consumption. Whether a preserved bulls head, or a [...]

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Interview with Nancy Proctor about Going Mobile for Museums

Interview with Nancy Proctor, Head of New Media at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, during the Going Mobile conference sponsored by the Balboa Park Online Collaborative in San Diego, February 17 2010. Run time: 8:50. Interview with Nancy Proctor about Going Mobile for Museums is a post from: Museum Media

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Ideum mt-50 multitouch table

The Ideum MT-50 retails for about $21,000 USD and is designed for use in museums, tradeshows and other exhibitions why not my living room? and features a massive 50-inch multitouch glass surface. It can detect up to 40 simultaneous points of input, so multiple users can interact with it at the same time. The MT-50 [...]

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