Mobile Interpretation
As a follow-up to my recent post on Smartphones and their huge potential for sites and museums, I've collected three examples that use mobile technology in clever and engaging ways…
SOFT Rockers
Really interesting project from MIT that developed a design for a solar-powered outdoor lounger that recharges personal electronics via USB while the user relaxes. "TheSOFT Rocker blurs distinctions between pleasure…
Smartphones, Goggles and Museum Interpretation
Smartphones are everywhere these days, and I'll be the first to admit that I love my iphone only a little less than I love my wife and kids. The capabilities…
Inventables
This site is an amazing cornucopia of odd-ball materials and devices. They bill themselves as "the innovator's hardware store", and it really is just that – a one-stop source for all…
Not a Libyan URL Shortener
As maybe most people don't know, popular URL shorteners like bit.ly rely on use of the Libyan .ly top level domain. Some may find this distasteful. A new, ironically named…
National Gallery of Canada
They've done an overhaul of their site. At first glance it seems easy on the eyes and easy to navigate. Could do without the pop-up intro video though. 30,000 pages…
Museums of the World
Using a variation of their famous "street view" technology, Google has created the Art Project a pretty interesting resource for art lovers and museum junkies. I've had the good fortune to…
Lendle
Lendle provides a way to lend and borrow Kindle e-books using any device that has a Kindle app, including Macs, PCs, ipad, iphone, etc. To me, this is the last…