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Paul,My company, Ideum, is working with Adventure Science Center to develop
an multitouch exhibit on the EM spectrum.  We're building a 100" multitouch
table which uses two short-throw projectors, two computers and four IR
cameras. It allows up to 8 user to interact with the exhibit simultaneously.

The software we are developing will allow visitors to move images across the
table and see how they are imaged in different wavelengths. (They can also
scale and rotate the images.) The exhibit includes both celestial and
terrestrial objects.

We conducted a photo shoot of ordinary objects in visible, IR (thermal),
ultraviolet and we had X-rays of each done as well. In the final exhibit,
visitors will be able access contextual information about each image
depending on which wavelength is shown.

Across the long sides of the table have symmetric labels that also act as
"drawers" providing information about the wavelengths.

An early drawing of the exhibit can be found on our blog.
http://www.ideum.com/blog/2009/06/05/100-multitouch-table-exhibit/

We're constructing the table right now and it will be installed at the
Adventure Science Center in Nashville, later this fall.

Jim

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Jim Spadaccini
Ideum "ideas + media"
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Hanna Sathiapal <
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> Hi Paul
>
> I recently made a module on the EM spectrum for an astronomy exhibition. It
> consists of seven light boxes with images of the Universe in different
> wavelengths lined up along the EM spectrum. Visitors approaching the module
> can first see the Universe in visible light only. For an image in the
> non-visible range you have to push a button. You then can see that there are
> amazing things out there invisible to the bare eye, and wonder how these
> images were made. This points to the need of special instruments (and of
> doing image processing).
>
> A device from everyday life, having to do with the corresponding radiation,
> is attached to each light box: a cell phone for radio waves, a microwave
> oven for microwaves, a toaster for infrared, glasses for visible light, a
> sunblock lotion for uv, an x-ray image for x-rays, a nuclear warning shield
> for gamma rays. The objects refer to radiations we cannot see but know from
> experience that they exist.
>
> The module is not about explaining how the EM spectrum works but about
> connecting the concept of (invisible) radiations to personal experiences. It
> is about the idea that there is something out there that we don't see but of
> which we know that it is effective, both in space and in our microwave
> ovens. And that it is important to study the Universe in multiple
> wavelengths.
>
> The module could be improved and further developed. For example by
> providing instruments/detectors to look through rather than using push
> buttons to see things invisible to the bare eye. I'm interested in the
> solutions you will find in approaching the topic of the EM spectrum in your
> exhibition.
>
> Best,
>
> Hanna
>
>
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> Am 16.09.2009 um 22:56 schrieb Paul Siboroski:
>
>
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>> Greetings everyone,
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>>
>>
>> Does anyone know of any good (or bad) exhibits that tackle the topic of
>> the EM spectrum?  I imagine that any would most likely be connected to
>> "space exploration" themed exhibitions, but I would be interested in
>> knowing about any such exhibits past or present.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul M Siboroski
>>
>> Exhibits Director
>>
>> Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
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>> San Diego California
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