Prototyping + Usability Lab: Our First Month
The new Ideum Prototyping + Usability Lab is now operational! As the name suggests, we use this space to build prototypes and conduct testing. But the space is so much more than than. The…
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The Dynamic Desktop: Experimental Tangible Interfaces for Capacitive Touch Tables
Update: August 2016 – This experimental application been developed into a product. Visit the Tangible Engine website to learn more. Projected Capacitive Touch (PCT or P-Cap) is the most popular type of touch…
Ideum’s New Prototyping + Usability Lab
This August our new Prototyping + Usability Lab will be operational. (For those of you who are familiar with Ideum, this completes our second, “Building D” expansion.) A 4,000+ square foot flexible space,…
Ideum is Hiring!
We are continuing to grow and we are adding positions in our lab & shop and in software development and testing. We have two internships available: Exhibit Tech & Support and a Gaming /…
Human Computer Interaction & the Next Generation of Exhibits
Computer-based technology continues to evolve at an ever-accelerating rate, creating both opportunities and challenges for science centers and museums. We are now seeing computing enter new realms, one that are potentially more…
Ideum Multitouch Tables and Walls Are Available in Ultra HD!
This is big, really big! All of our 55″, 65″, and 100″ multitouch tables and touch walls are now available with 4x the resolution of standard HD. Our new 4K Ultra HD touch tables…
Projected Capacitive Touch vs. IR Overlays: Which Tech is Better?
UPDATE 11/24/15 – See Not All Touch Displays Are Created Equal – an updated look at touch technology, resolution, and other aspects of large displays and touch tables. As we have expanded our…
New Museum Survey – Connecting In-Gallery Experiences…
Ideum, along with the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, and the UConn Digital Media Center request your participation in a survey about connecting in-gallery…
Ideum & Open Exhibits at ASTC 2013
The Association of Science – Technology Centers (ASTC) is holding their annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico from October 19-22. With the conference here in our state, we have a lot planned.
