Our Prior Work
Ideum is prepared to develop Open Exhibits if funded. Over the past ten years, Ideum has developed dozens of interactive computer-based exhibits and websites for science
centers and museums of all sizes. Ideum has also served a sub-contractor on 10 NSF-ISE funded projects.
Ideum has a track record of successful innovation. We've developed our own multitouch table, multitouch Flash authoring platform, GestureWorks with an open source gesture library, and we've built dozens of custom educational software projects. Here are a few samples of our prior work:
Our Portfolio
Ideum has been recognized by the American Association for Museums, the Museums and the Web conference, Pirelli International Award, and the Webby Awards for excellence in educational, computer-based exhibit development. For more examples, visit our online portfolio.
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LA Zone: Explore the Geology & Geography of the LA Basin in Multitouch
Title: Los Angeles Basin flickr/Google Maps Multitouch and Multiuser Exhibit
Developed for: California Science Center
Type: Multitouch, Multiuser Museum Exhibit
Developed with: Adobe Flash, GestureWorks, Google Maps, flickr & XML
Launch Date: October 2009
Description: Combining web applications with multitouch technologies, the LA Zone exhibit provides a varied and comprehensive overview of the forces that have shaped the landscape of southern California. An interactive Google Map with KML overlays is presented on one of Ideum's MT-50 multitouch tables, allowing visitors to use intuitive gestures to navigate the exhibit and explore points of interest on the map. Images and videos for each point of interest are geo-coded and fed into the map through flickr, while the custom KML overlays built in Google Earth provide colorful data about topics such as wind patterns, smog, fault lines, and fire risk in the region. The exhibit was developed using Ideum's own GestureWorks platform and Adobe Flash. There's more information about the LA Zone exhibit and our multitouch table on the Ideum portfolio site.
The 100" Multitouch Table with the EM Spectrum Exhibit.
Title: EM Spectrum, Multitouch and Multiuser Exhibit
Developed for: Adventure Science Center
Type: Multitouch, Multiuser Museum Exhibit
Developed with: Adobe Flash, GestureWorks & XML
Launch Date: October 2009
Description: Taking advantage of a super-widescreen 100" multitouch platform, the Electromagentic Spectrum exhibit provides a digital representation of the EM Spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays. The images change in real time as they are moved across the table, allowing visitors to see how the object can be perceived differently in each wavelength of the EM spectrum. Visitors can move digital images across the table to see how they are imaged in each waveform and access information about what they are seeing. The exhibit was developed using Ideum's own GestureWorks platform and Adobe Flash. There's more information about the EM Spectrum exhibit and the custom 100" multitouch table on the Ideum portfolio site.
Viewer showing near real-time solar image from NASA’s SOHO satellite.
Title: Space Weather Viewer
Developed for: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center & JPL
Type: Online Exhibit
Developed with: Adobe Flex, Flash & XML
Launch Date: August 2008
Description: The Space Weather Viewer is a Flex-based interactive tool kit built to support the public outreach initiatives of NASA solar missions. The viewer allows users to view real-time NASA satellite images of the Sun and the Earth. Its pan-and-zoom feature allows visitors to explore and compare solar and terrestrial data from a variety of NASA missions and ground-based observatories. XML is used extensively for text content, captioning, and URLs/Paths for images and video clips, making the application data easily editable. There’s more information about the Space Weather Viewer in the Ideum portfolio site.
User-controlled labels show & explain the sclerotic ring of coelophysis.
Title: Coelophysis Fossil Block
Developed for: New Mexico Museum of Natural History
Type: Touch-screen Exhibit
Developed with: Adobe Flash & XML
Launch Date: May 2008
Description: Visitors can zoom in on a high-resolution image of a fossil block containing the fossilized bones of dinosaurs that is placed alongside the actual block. The exhibit allows the visitor to see details that might otherwise be missed when examining the fossil itself. An overlay layer shows illustrations of "death poses" of the dinosaurs. An annotation layer places labels on the block image, allowing visitors to learn more about points of interest on the block. A video interview with the Paleo preparator provides insight about the block and Coelophysis. XML is used for all content, placement of labels, media elements, and captioning. There’s more information about Coelophysis Fossil Block in the Ideum Portfolio.
Recent news stories are selected by CSC staff and are dynamically loading in the computer-based exhibit.
Title: Clean Power: The Promise of Fuel Cells
Developed for: California Science Center
Type: Trackball-driven floor exhibit
Developed with: Adobe Director, Flash & XML
Launch Date: Juner 2004
AAM MUSE Award Winner
Description: Visitors can explore the science and history of fuel cell development. The exhibit contains 3D animations, video interviews, photographs, and other media elements. This computer-based exhibit connects to the latest news stories, Web-based polls, and "near real-time" maps of air-quality in the Los Angeles basin. A timeline covering the development of fuel cells is also available. Content is presented in both English and Spanish. There’s more information about Clean Power in the Ideum Portfolio.
An interactive timeline shows the history of Chaco along with significant astronomical events.
Title: Traditions of the Sun
Developed for: Nasa, NPS, and INAH
Type: Online and Floor Exhibit
Developed with: Adobe Flash & XML
Launch Date: October 2004 & June 2005
Nominated for two Webby Awards: Best Science Site, Best Education Site.
Description: Traditions of the Sun series explores archaeoastronomy in both the Chaco Canyon and the Yucatan. A series of pan-and-zoom satellite images reveal clickable “points of interest,” allowing visitors to explore ancient sites and modern connections to science. An interactive timeline covers major historic, cultural, and astronomical events. XML is used for text content and paths to images and video clips. There’s more information about Traditions of the Sun in the Ideum Portfolio.
The pan-and-zoom feature from North by Southwest shows details found in one of the artifacts.
Title: North by Southwest: Bering Sea Communities, Collaborations and Collections
Developed for: The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Type: Floor Exhibit
Developed with: Adobe Flash & XML
Launch Date: October 2007
Description: North by Southwest: Bering Sea Communities, Collaborations and Collections contains a digital version of a 1901 photo album and a pan-and-zoom viewer to explore artifacts. The photo album was developed by Suzzane Rogan Bernardi and documented her stay in Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, at the turn of the last century. A pan-and-zoom interactive viewer allows visitors to examine a set of intricately detailed carved walrus tusks from the same era. There’s more information about North by Southwest in the Ideum Portfolio.