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The Energy Ring, commissioned in July 2004, is a dominant feature in the
great East Hall of London’s Science Museum. The Ring links to a new
gallery on the second floor of the Museum, entitled Energy – fuelling
the
future. This is an interactive gallery where children age 7-14, their
teachers and families, can explore how energy powers every aspect of
their lives. The gallery is packed with computer-based exhibits and
feels like an 'energy playground'. Visitors can play with novel
interfaces from spinning drums and touch-screens to dance-floor
footpads.
Technographic Displays
was first asked to comment on the feasibility of the Ring in January
2004. A project team had already been partially assembled, but no
company had been found that could readily construct the ring to the
required specification. One of the main requirements was for the
complete matrix of white light emitting diodes to be addressed as a
bit-mapped display. Moreover, in order to create smooth, fast-moving
effects, a frame-rate of 200Hz was desired. Where others had struggled
with this concept, Technographic Displays already had a graphics control
solution which could be readily adapted to meet the need.
The project was given a formal go-ahead in
April 2004. Technographic Displays proceeded to design and manufacture a
complete set of custom display electronics and, by the end of June the
complete display had been installed and commissioned.
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