Using expertise from fields which include archaeological science, computer graphics and video game development, the methods are designed to allow anyone to produce high-quality images and models with minimal effort and cost.
DIY Digital Archaeology
Digitally Unwrapped: Pharaoh Amenhotep
The perfectly wrapped mummy is beautifully decorated with flower garlands, and with face and neck covered by an exquisite lifelike facemask inset with colorful stones
Free Route Airspace: Scotland
On 2nd of December 2021 Scotland’s old air route structure will be removed to be replaced at above 24,500ft with Free Route Airspace.
Orbital Marine & TechnipFMC Partners in Tidal Energy
“This TechnipFMC partnership is a game changer for Orbital and the wider sector.” Andrew Scott CEO Orbital
Success of Robotic Survey on Fish Populations
A robotic boat has been used for the first time to survey fish populations around oil platforms in the North Sea.
Replacing the Liquids in Batteries: from Tree products
“Using materials nature provides will reduce the overall impact of battery manufacture to our environment.” – Professor Yue Qi, Brown’s School of Engineering
Largest Collection of Siberian Indigenous Voice Recordings to be Digitised
“The archive contains recordings taken from the 1920s through to the 1980s made by Soviet ethnographers and linguists but it is now extremely fragile.” – Professor Anderson
The Optical Phonograph #OnThisDay
Thomas Edison claimed that it would ‘do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear.’
‘Chat and Tech’ Event for Blind & Partially Sighted
Blind and partially sighted people in Orkney will get a chance to find out more about how technology can help them maximise their independence at a drop-in event in in Kirkwall library on Monday ,25th October.
Orkney’s Marine Renewables Under The Archaeological Spotlight
This important archaeological project involving The Archaeology Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands, ORCA (Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology), St Andrew’s University and members of the community is funded by Heritage Lottery Funding.
