Egypt
- Could Ancient Egyptians Hold The Key To 3d Printed Ceramics?
** UWE Bristol**Press Release Could ancient Egyptians hold the key to 3D printed ceramics? A 7,000 year old technique, known as Egyptian Paste (also known as Faience), could offer a potential process and material for use in the latest 3D printing...
- New Antiquities Project
Egyptian Gazette (Amina Abdul Salam) A number of archaeologists have launched a project to develop archaeology in Egypt to be carried out by the new government, according to MENA. The project, which was launched under...
- Google Funding For Discovery Of Ancient Texts Online
AlphaGalileo A University of Southampton researcher is part of a team which has just secured funding from Google to make the classics and other ancient texts easy to discover and access online. Leif Isaksen at the University's School of Electronics...
- Conference: Electronic Visualisation And The Arts
EVA 2010 ELECTRONIC VISUALISATION AND THE ARTS EVA London 2010 Monday 5th - Wednesday 7th July 2010 CALL FOR PROPOSALS Deadline: 15th January 2010 http://www.eva-conferences.com/eva_london/ *Visualising* ideas and concepts in culture, heritage and the...
- Wellcome Library's Medical Collection Goes Digital In Egypt
24 Hour MuseumA pioneering new partnership between the Wellcome Library in London and Egypt’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) will help reveal the story of early medicine in the Eastern world and enable rare materials to be universally accessible for the...
Egypt
Going viral: Museums and 3D (Part 1)
British Council
Building on work carried out at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London.
Building on work carried out at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London.
In a two part feature, Tonya Nelson defines and expands on the the idea of ‘viral capacity building’ – the acquisition of knowledge and expertise through person-to-person transfer - in light of the use of 3D technologies in museums and galleries.
The imperative to use digital technologies to engage the public and improve back office operations is higher than ever. Recognizing this, major UK cultural funding agencies such as NESTA, Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council have, or soon will be, launching major funding calls for new digital projects. I welcome this support, but wonder what the best model for deploying this funding is if we seek to sustain innovation in the sector. In its recent funding call, NESTA asked cultural organizations to partner with commercial sector technology companies to develop digital projects over 1 year period for an amount between £50,000 –£100,000.
- Could Ancient Egyptians Hold The Key To 3d Printed Ceramics?
** UWE Bristol**Press Release Could ancient Egyptians hold the key to 3D printed ceramics? A 7,000 year old technique, known as Egyptian Paste (also known as Faience), could offer a potential process and material for use in the latest 3D printing...
- New Antiquities Project
Egyptian Gazette (Amina Abdul Salam) A number of archaeologists have launched a project to develop archaeology in Egypt to be carried out by the new government, according to MENA. The project, which was launched under...
- Google Funding For Discovery Of Ancient Texts Online
AlphaGalileo A University of Southampton researcher is part of a team which has just secured funding from Google to make the classics and other ancient texts easy to discover and access online. Leif Isaksen at the University's School of Electronics...
- Conference: Electronic Visualisation And The Arts
EVA 2010 ELECTRONIC VISUALISATION AND THE ARTS EVA London 2010 Monday 5th - Wednesday 7th July 2010 CALL FOR PROPOSALS Deadline: 15th January 2010 http://www.eva-conferences.com/eva_london/ *Visualising* ideas and concepts in culture, heritage and the...
- Wellcome Library's Medical Collection Goes Digital In Egypt
24 Hour MuseumA pioneering new partnership between the Wellcome Library in London and Egypt’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) will help reveal the story of early medicine in the Eastern world and enable rare materials to be universally accessible for the...