Results for Astronomy : Exhibit (22 Projects)
- Multitouch Mashup
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- A multitouch, multiuser mashup allows visitors to explore Flickr photos placed on a Yahoo! Map. This exhibit appears at Ontario Science Centre, Don Harrington Discovery Center, and Vulcan Park and Museum.
- Multitouch Panoramic Viewer
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- The multitouch-enabled panoramic image viewer allows for pinch gesture zooming in and out of a panoramic photograph we took from the top of the Vulcan Park statue in Birmingham, AL.
- Grand Tour of the Solar System
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- A guided tour of the solar system that uses a four-foot spherical display. Developed with the Sudekum Planetarium at Adventure Science Center.
- Solar System Touch Screen Exhibits
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- A series of interactive computer-based touch screens allow visitors to explore the solar system. Developed with the Sudekum Planetarium at Adventure Science Center.
- Triassic Fossil Viewer
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- A touch screen interactive computer-based exhibit that allows visitors to explore a large fossil block. Developed with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
- Coelophysis Exhibit
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- A floor and Web exhibit explores New Mexico's state fossil, coelophysis. Part of the Dawn of the Dinosaurs exhibition.
- NASA Lunar Robotics
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- An interactive kiosk provides dynamic information about the NASA Lunar Precursor Robotic Program. The touch screen controls a spherical display presenting animations of the moon.
- Mammoth Mountain
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- An interactive touch screen exhibit exploring the southern Sierra. Custom 3D modeling of the area allows visitors to "fly" from location to location.
- North by Southwest: Bering Sea Communities
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- North by Southwest: Bering Sea Communities, Collaborations and Collections is a touch screen exhibit exploring photographs and artifacts.
- Document My Visit
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- An interactive exhibit that allows young learners to post pictures and sounds from the museum floor on the Internet.
- Slave Narratives
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- Dramatic and powerful audio narratives from those who have suffered under slavery are presented in an interactive online exhibit and podcast. Developed with the Museum of the African Diaspora.
- Photographs from the African Diaspora
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- An interactive online exhibit that gives visitors the ability to zoom and view over two-thousand photographs. Developed with the Museum of the African Diaspora.
- Chess Software Basics
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- An electronic exhibit and web-based interactive which explores the basic workings and the historical development of chess software. Developed with the Computer History Museum.
- Tour the Solar System
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- This touch-screen exhibit developed with Chabot Space and Science Center displays spherical images of the planets and moons on a Magic Planet display.
- Traditions of the Sun: Chaco Culture National Historical Park
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- An interactive exploration of the history and culture of Chaco Culture National Historical Park as well as modern research on the Sun. Developed with NASA and the Park Service.
- Clean Power: The Promise of Fuel Cells
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- The fascinating science and unique history of fuel cell development is explored in depth in this electronic exhibit developed with California Science Center.
- Alternative Fuels
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- An exhibit that looks at four cleaner fuels that can replace gasoline and/or can significantly improve vehicle mileage.
- Fuel Cell Q & A
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- Fuel Cell Q & A is a video-based exhibit exploring common questions about fuel cell vehicles. The exhibit was developed with California Science Center.
- Fuel Cell Vehicle System
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- Developed with California Science Center, this "touch-model" exhibit explains the workings of the major components of fuel cell vehicles.
- Earth, Moon, Mars, and Beyond
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- This touch-screen exhibit developed with NASA powers a Magic Planet Display which shows spherical images of the Earth, Moon, Mars, as well as other planets and moons.
- Sun-Earth Viewer
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- This Flash-based viewer allows users to zoom and pan near real-time NASA satellite images of the Sun and the Earth.
- The World Series
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- Developed with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, this exhibit chronicles over 100 years of baseball history.