Exploratorium Collaboration
Ideum collaborated with Exploratorium’s Global Studios on a project that drew us outside of the realm of multitouch table development. We built a series of highly customized interactives for the Kayseri Science Center in Turkey.
In the interactive game, “Treasured Materials,” visitors learn about materials found in nature (wool, nacre, petroleum, etc.) by matching those materials with clues about their unique properties. This interactive can be played in single-player or two-player mode.
Each player has a set of 10 clear acrylic pucks that are embedded with natural materials and have a unique RFID tag on their underside. Clues are presented on the player’s touchscreen, and they must determine the material that those clues are referring to. To answer, the player places a puck on an animated 32x32 LED panel powered by a Teensy microcontroller. An embedded RFID reader scans the tag from the puck, and the visitor receives virtual feedback. Points are awarded based on correct answers.
Photo Courtesy the Exploratorium.
Exploratorium Collaboration
Ideum collaborated with Exploratorium’s Global Studios on a project that drew us outside of the realm of multitouch table development. We built a series of highly customized interactives for the Kayseri Science Center in Turkey.
In the interactive game, “Treasured Materials,” visitors learn about materials found in nature (wool, nacre, petroleum, etc.) by matching those materials with clues about their unique properties. This interactive can be played in single-player or two-player mode.
Each player has a set of 10 clear acrylic pucks that are embedded with natural materials and have a unique RFID tag on their underside. Clues are presented on the player’s touchscreen, and they must determine the material that those clues are referring to. To answer, the player places a puck on an animated 32x32 LED panel powered by a Teensy microcontroller. An embedded RFID reader scans the tag from the puck, and the visitor receives virtual feedback. Points are awarded based on correct answers.
Photo Courtesy the Exploratorium.