We have teamed up with one of the leading technology research groups in Sweden, Interspectral, to help develop applications for a technology developed for providing 'virtual autopsy' experiences to science centres and apply this to examination of ancient Egyptian mummies and natural history specimens.
Inside Explorer is a powerful visualisation system based on an interactive multitouch table and specialised software that enables users to explore objects that have been scanned using CT (Computed Tomography) or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) medical scanning systems. This system turns vast digital datasets generated by modern scanners into 3D visuals that anyone can interact with in real-time.
This project has been about expanding the application into new areas, running some very special high profile projects with some of the world's leading museum institutions and completely transforming the way scientists and exhibition teams in museums communicate work more closely together and communicate their research to the visiting public.
Inside Explorer is a powerful visualisation system based on an interactive multitouch table and specialised software that enables users to explore objects that have been scanned using CT (Computed Tomography) or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) medical scanning systems. This system turns vast digital datasets generated by modern scanners into 3D visuals that anyone can interact with in real-time.
This project has been about expanding the application into new areas, running some very special high profile projects with some of the world's leading museum institutions and completely transforming the way scientists and exhibition teams in museums communicate work more closely together and communicate their research to the visiting public.
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The British Museum
We started working with the British Museum, probably the world's foremost ancient cultural institution, to explore how the Inside Explorer Table and medical imaging technology could be applied to further investigate their mummy collections. This has resulted in both a new interactive exhibit in the Ancient Egypt gallery and also a blockbuster exhibition Ancient Lives New Discoveries. The work now continues with the museum and has now triggered numerous mummy investigation projects all around the world. |
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London Natural History Museum
In a world first, we worked with the science imaging team and the exhibition group to create real time interactive exploration of specimens from the museum collection. This ranged from a Martian meteorite to a 20m year old gecko trapped in amber to hairy angler fish that had eaten another fish. The museum is the first in the world to exhibit this way and regularly use their Inside Explorer tables in galleries and in their Attenborough Studio. |
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Project Outcomes
- New world class exhibits in world class institutions.
- New discoveries (including discovery that the British Museum's 5500 Gebelein Man was murdered - click for C4 news report).
- Creation of entirely new way for scientists and exhibition teams to collaborate and create unique exhibits.
- Enormous media coverage around the world on these and related projects.
- Triggering of numerous new projects around the world based on techniques pioneered here.