Use QR codes to link to Wikipedia articles

Jane Darnell on Linkedin writes: ” There is a Wikipedia multi-lingual challenge going on for the Derby museum in the UK. The idea is to use QR codes to link to Wikipedia articles. If the object itself is notable enough, there may be an article devoted to the object, but there may also be QR [...]

#Backtalk: Uncovering the afterlife of discarded electronics, e-waste

This project caught our attention. With a new project on display at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, MIT researchers explore what happens to used electronic devices after they leave our possession. Videos and Images available at: http://senseable.mit.edu/backtalk.   PRESS RELEASE: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — MIT researchers who have been studying the fate of [...]

#Press Release: Film archives showcase their collections: The European Film Gateway is online

Press Release For Immediate Release Frankfurt am Main, 26 July 2011 Film archives showcase their collections: The European Film Gateway is online After nearly three years of preparation and development, the European Film Gateway – EFG –  http://www.europeanfilmgateway.eu is now online. The Internet portal to the digital collections of European film archives and cinémathèques offers [...]

First free Cloud Image Recognition Engine #AR #SDK

ElipseAR is a set of tools for Augmented Reality and Computer Vision development.

#Museomix: 3 days to sketch the museum we dream of – for real

3 days to sketch the museum we dream of – for real ! During this long weekend from november 11th to 13th, we will meet in a museum to prototype new engagement experiences. During these 3 days, we mix our ideas and our skills to create a museum that is no longer a cathedral, a [...]

D.I.Y. POP Contest – Create your own digital silkscreen print just like Andy Warhol

Create your own digital silkscreen print, just like Andy Warhol would have with the Warhol: D.I.Y. POP app from The Andy Warhol Museum. Using your built-in camera or a photo from your library as source material, you’ll learn the Warhol process step by step. Crop. Expose. Underpaint. Share. And print a virtual silkscreen. While you’re [...]

First AR Pop-up Book for iPad 2 and iPhone 4 using image recognition

Our lovely friend Helen Papagiannis did it again: what a nice new AR app! On her blog Helen writes: “I’d like to present the first AR Pop-up Book for mobile devices using image recognition (a.k.a. regular images to trigger augmented content, as opposed to the black and white square glyphs that are common in AR). [...]

A new free tool from Google to make a mobile landing page in minutes…

Perhaps this announcement of Google today could be something for you: “Today, we’re excited to announce a brand new tool to help your business get “mobile”-ized: Google Sites mobile landing pages.  With Google Sites mobile landing pages, you can build yourself a professional mobile landing page in minutes, for free — and without any coding [...]

New videoclip for the Afrika Museum in The Netherlands

Infofilm in The Netherlands made a short introductory videoclip for the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal. On youtube you can watch this clip in HD1080-codec. This magnificent museum offers an attractive combination of an Indoor museum with a beautiful collection and an Outdoor museum with a strong educational and recreational character. The Afrika Museum [...]

‘Your Paintings’ puts the UK’s complete oil painting collection online

  Your Paintings is a new web initiative by the #BBC in partnership with the Public Catalogue Foundation. It aims to put the nation’s complete oil painting collection online. “The UK holds in its galleries & civic buildings one of the largest collections of oil paintings in the world, a treasure trove of tens of [...]