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The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is launching the next development phase of its ELIO innovation programme – Innovation in Object Digitisation – and is seeking new partners from the technology sector. The aim is to jointly develop marketable solutions for the digitisation of natural science collections.
ELIO is a pioneering initiative that brings together the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and technology companies to advance the digitisation of objects in galleries, libraries, archives and museums. The aim is to develop innovative technical solutions that not only enable digitisation itself, but also create models for its long-term use and sustainability.
With ELIO, the Museum has created a laboratory format in which research, technology development and application are closely interlinked. Here, prototypes are created based on specific needs from the collections: they are designed, built and tested in collaboration with partner companies. They are then further developed into viable usage concepts – for example, as a service, licence or software-as-a-service. In this way, ELIO brings innovations from public-private partnerships into targeted application.
Two successful development projects already demonstrate how future technologies can change the cultural sector: Together with Gestalt Automation GmbH, a modular digitisation unit for imaging small to medium-sized objects is being developed. With Birds on Mars, ELIO is also developing a flexible data and metadata pipeline that combines image processing, text recognition and automated analysis. Both prototypes open up new ways of digitising collections faster, more accurately and more efficiently.
For its next development project, ELIO is now looking for innovative partners to develop a modular tracking prototype. The aim is to create a system that automatically detects and documents changes in insect boxes, such as transfers, removals or location changes. The system will combine optical methods, sensor technology and RFID technologies (Radio-Frequency Identification) to clearly identify specimens, record changes and create interfaces to existing collection databases. The prototype should be suitable for museums, scalable and cost-efficient. The development time is around nine months from the award of the contract, including a pilot operation at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
With this project, ELIO is continuing its mission to help shape the digitisation of natural history collections – as an interface between research, technology and application. Companies wishing to contribute their innovative strength and technological expertise to the cultural sector are warmly invited to apply for the upcoming call for proposals and actively help shape the future of object digitisation.
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