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Declaration of Independence Museum Kiosk
Purpose: Â provide public interaction and access to Declaration
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of Independence via a museum kiosk and more specifically a multitouch table kiosk to let visitors sit and use.
Client: Â Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections
Application Development: Â Jim Gibson of Gibson Design Associates working closely with University of Virginia Librarian Robert Perkins
Kiosk software: Â KioWare Lite for Windows. Â This software freed up the application developers to focus on the app and not have to worry about malicious users or visitors pushing wrong buttons.
Technical Details:
- the hardware used is the Platform 46 Multitouch Coffee Table Kiosk
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by Ideum. The newest version is the Ideum Duet 46.
- Application development used HTML 5, Javascript and CSS.
- KioWare Lite secures the platform
User Experience: The application allows visitors to select The Road to Independence Timeline, The Documents Collection, The Signer’s Gallery, and a professionally-produced Declaring Independence Video. The exhibit allows the viewer to “handle” these priceless documents—zooming in to view the tiniest
Case Study Writer:  Author: Laura Boniello Miller, Date: April 2016
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