Looking at the future of museums, through changes and trends in architecture, individualism, internationalism, expansionism, politics, presentism and technology
The future is local: Braddock, Pennsylvania | Blog | Futurismic2009/07/17 Braddock, Pennsylvania, 2005 saw John Fetterman become Mayor, and he’s now working to bring “the kind of outside energy, ideas, and interest from the artistic, urbanist, and creative communities” to the town. Whether Braddock can reinvent itself as a counter-cultural artist’s enclave remains to be seen, but you’ve got to salute the determination of a man willing to work at making it happen. When your government can’t (or won’t) help you, you’ve got to help yourself.
MusicBox: Mapping and visualizing music collections » About2009/07/17 My Master’s thesis is focused on the problem of finding music you like, both inside your own collection (to match a particular mood, for example), or outside of your own collection. I don’t like the hugely text-dependent ways of searching for music in traditional media players like iTunes and Windows Media Player. My thesis work will depart from that interface, and will present your music collection in a space, organized by similarity. I will be calculating similarity both from audio features (straight from the audio signal) and textual descriptions (gathered from tags on the web). ***Why is it only music collections get the cool visualisations***
RFID-enabled Touchwall - Museum 3.02009/07/17 quot;The Touchwall is a large, touch-sensitive screen, measuring 12 feet wide by 5 feet tall. Multiple users can interact with the wall by selecting and dragging text and objects—using their fingers instead of a mouse. RFID plays a vital role in its use, by providing a means by which users can identify themselves and begin interacting. quot;
BBC NEWS | UK | Phone box home to new art gallery2009/07/15 A group of residents in Settle, North Yorkshire, have turned an old-fashioned phone box into what they claim is one of the world#039;s smallest art galleries.
