Search Criteria

 






Key Word Search by:
All of these words









Organization Type


State or Jurisdiction


Congressional District





help

Division or Office
help

Grants to:


Date Range Start


Date Range End


  • Special Searches




    Product Type


    Media Coverage Type








 


Search Results

Grant number like: HD-50797-09

Permalink for this Search

1
Page size:
 1 items in 1 pages
Award Number Grant ProgramAward RecipientProject TitleAward PeriodApproved Award Total
1
Page size:
 1 items in 1 pages
HD-50797-09Digital Humanities: Digital Humanities Start-Up GrantsWestern Reserve Historical Society(AI)2 Artificially Intelligent Artifact Interpreter10/1/2009 - 6/30/2011$49,384.00EdwardJ.Pershey   Western Reserve Historical SocietyClevelandOH44106-1703USA2009Museum Studies or Historical PreservationDigital Humanities Start-Up GrantsDigital Humanities493840493840

The development and evaluation of a prototype of a virtual museum docent employing Radio Frequency Identification tags and artificial intelligence for use in interactive history museum exhibitions.

This project prototypes a virtual history museum docent to interpret historical artifacts to a general audience. Engaging visitors in exploring original artifacts is the key to successfully connecting them to human history. Traditionally artifacts have been presented in two ways. Either artifacts are displayed with graphic or media labels, providing a one-way avenue of information to the visitor, or a live docent interacts one-on-one with the visitor to explain and demonstrate the artifact. Using 21st-century computer technology, including RFID tags and AI software, this project will create an Artificially Intelligent Artifact Interpreter that will respond to visitors' handling of artifacts, prompting the visitor with questions and offering the visitor information about the physicality of the artifact itself and its broader historical interpretation. This prototype is intended to be used in an introductory area at the museum to engage visitors or as the introduction to a larger exhibit.