Bringing research to life:Recreating a 3D stone Archaeopteryx fossil as a digital interactive;where cutting edge science can be released through touch

将研究变为现实：以数字互动方式再现 3D 石质始祖鸟化石；通过触摸可以释放尖端科学

• 批准号: ST/M006662/1
• 负责人: Samantha Sportun
• 金额: $ 1.25万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FM006662%2F1
• 关键词: Bringing; research; life; Recreating; 3D

As a University Museum we actively engage our visitors with the work and research of academics at Manchester University through public events, such as Big Saturdays and temporary and permanent exhibitions related to our diverse collections. The development of digital technologies has made it easier to deliver a wide range of information inside and outside of a visit to the museum. This new type of touch sensitive replica allows the complex research to be placed directly onto an accurate replica of an important object so that the visitor can physically engage through touch to learn facts in a facilitated or self-guided exploration. This is especially important to our visually and physically impaired visitors and is also an aspect of a museum visit that many visitor's find rewarding. The research on fossils such as the Archaeoptryx and the revelations that have been discovered recently about its feathers helps our visitors understand that one of the reasons we preserve collections it to act as a resource for scientists to draw upon. The museum object can act as a conduit for the science which in itself can be obscure to some visitors.The stone touch-sensitive replica can be used either as part of an organised event or placed on the gallery for visitors to interact with. The information relating to the research can be tailored to the audience as more than one narrative can be added to the sensors and can be updated as new research comes to be published.Conservation concerns normally preclude the handling of rare and fragile fossils, especially with the advancement of ever more powerful analytical techniques, where the loss of any surface material may affect future research. So hands on is always hard in palaeontology, especially with fragile and expensive fossils. At the same time, most children and adults are unimpressed by "fake fossils" (casts). This project will allow us to revamp the cast. The combination of a very accurate physical representation of the specimen (derived from a high resolution 3D scan of the original) combined with digital touch technology and digital information relating to results and research, located precisely on the surface of the replica fossil makes it a great tool in making palaeontology and more importantly,chemistry,to the general public.

作为一所大学博物馆，我们通过公共活动，如大星期六以及与我们多样化收藏相关的临时和永久展览，积极吸引游客参与曼彻斯特大学学者的工作和研究。数字技术的发展使得在博物馆参观内外提供广泛的信息变得更加容易。这种新型的触摸感应复制品允许将复杂的研究直接放置在重要对象的精确复制品上，以便访问者可以通过触摸来参与物理学习，从而在便利或自我引导的探索中了解事实。这对我们的视力和身体受损的游客来说尤其重要，也是许多游客认为有益的博物馆参观的一个方面。对化石的研究，如考古发掘和最近发现的有关其羽毛的启示，帮助我们的游客了解我们保存收藏的原因之一，它作为科学家利用的资源。博物馆的展品可以作为科学的一个渠道，而科学本身对一些游客来说可能是晦涩难懂的。石头触摸感应复制品可以作为有组织的活动的一部分，也可以放在画廊里供游客互动。与研究相关的信息可以根据观众的需要定制，因为传感器可以添加多个叙述，并可以随着新研究的发表而更新。保护问题通常排除了处理稀有和脆弱化石的可能性，特别是随着越来越强大的分析技术的进步，任何表面材料的损失都可能影响未来的研究。因此，在古生物学中，动手总是很困难的，尤其是脆弱而昂贵的化石。与此同时，大多数儿童和成人对“假化石”（石膏）不感兴趣。这个项目将使我们能够改造演员阵容。标本的非常精确的物理表示（来自原始的高分辨率3D扫描）与数字触摸技术和与结果和研究相关的数字信息相结合，精确地定位在复制品化石的表面上，使其成为向公众制作古生物学，更重要的是化学的重要工具。