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Ideum has been creating meaningful interactive experiences in public spaces for more than 20 years.
July 9th, 2020
With the coronavirus crisis, the last few months have seen a whirlwind of conversations, proposals, prototyping, and research into touchless interaction. This third post in our series of articles about touchless interaction is quite different from the first two posts, which were retrospectives. Touchless Gesture-Based Exhibits, Part One: High-Fidelity Interaction looked at prototype software we developed with Intel. Our second post, Touchless Gesture-Based Exhibits Part Two: Full Body Interaction, examined several touchless exhibits w… Continue Reading .
June 24th, 2020
When Atrisco Heritage Academy High School reached out to Ideum to let us know they were planning to develop a STEAM Lab—a space for students to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics—we were excited at the opportunit… Continue Reading .
May 15th, 2020
Here at Ideum, we are obsessed with museums and other institutions devoted to informal education, including science centers, zoos, aquariums, nature centers, libraries, cultural organizations, art galleries, and others. Much of our work is … Continue Reading .
May 15th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing how we interact with each other and with collaborative technologies such as touch tables and large displays. While some people do use our hardware on an individual basis, most use multitouch hardware in soc… Continue Reading .
April 22nd, 2020
With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are devoting a series of news posts to exploring the possibilities of touchless interfaces. In this article, we will review a variety of motion- and gesture-based exhibits developed over the l… Continue Reading .
April 15th, 2020
Our hardware is perhaps best known in museums and public spaces, where our touch tables and large displays are used to create exciting interactive and social experiences for visitors. In fact, creating the most compelling museum exhibits po… Continue Reading .
April 10th, 2020
As museums and public spaces start to reopen later this year, some visitors and staff will be wary of interacting with touch screens and other hands-on exhibits. We’ve seen this before during the 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak, although that … Continue Reading .
March 25th, 2020
Earlier this week, Ideum responded to the State of New Mexico’s Public Health Order by having our exhibit design, software, media systems, and administrative personnel work at home. Some of these employees had already been working remotely,… Continue Reading .
March 11th, 2020
Recently, we’ve received a number of requests about the best way to clean touch screens and multitouch tables. We’ve put together some guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting without damage to the display or base.
Please note that these re… Continue Reading .
March 6th, 2020
The Penguin Chill exhibition, which Ideum developed with the ABQ BioPark and New Mexico BioPark Society, and Deep Dive Into the Brain, developed with the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium and Intervoke, will both receive awards at t… Continue Reading .
March 5th, 2020
In January, we announced that we had built a Pico Touch Coffee Table using an AOPEN Chromebox Commercial 2 system. We received such a strong positive response that we are now offering this option for three of our multitouch models. The Pico… Continue Reading .
March 5th, 2020
Since we began designing and building multitouch tables more than a decade ago, we have continually referred to ADA and ETSI standards for accessibility. These guidelines have been tremendously important in helping exhibit developers maximi… Continue Reading .
February 19th, 2020
After five years as Director of Exhibition Experience at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Becca Shreckenghast has moved west to become part of Ideum’s Creative Services team. Becca joins us with an extensive background in museum stud… Continue Reading .
January 28th, 2020
The newly redesigned Pico multitouch coffee table was launched in 2018 in response to client requests for a more functional and accessible model for public spaces. Now, Ideum, working with partner AOPEN, has built a Pico with a fully integr… Continue Reading .
January 27th, 2020
Researchers from Ideum and XPRIZE Foundation recently completed a multi-site study of the way people use an innovative experience on health technologies. Funded by the Qualcomm Foundation, the team traveled to three US science centers to se… Continue Reading .
January 27th, 2020
Building a twenty-one-foot multi-screen touch table with embedded electronics is a significant design and fabrication challenge. When the table is also covered with tens of thousands of dollars of beautiful white Italian marble, it really b… Continue Reading .
January 15th, 2020
This month, three lucky Ideum staff members attended a workshop focused on the Bosque Education Guide. We (Becky Hansis-O’Neill, Jenny Kvapil, and Joe Donovan) were excited to attend because the content presented in the guide is directly ap… Continue Reading .
January 13th, 2020
In 2019, our company accomplished a lot. We developed innovative new exhibits, explored new technologies, and advanced new hardware and software products. In fact, last year—our 20th anniversary!—was our most successful ever, and I am extre… Continue Reading .
January 2nd, 2020
Tangible Engine is a software framework that allows developers to build interactive touch table applications that recognize tangible objects. Built to work in conjunction with Ideum touch tables, we’ve developed Tangible Engine for a few ye… Continue Reading .
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