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Samen met partners Merce Technologies en Focuz implementeert IBM nieuwe Smarter Education-technologie in het Indiaase Pune. Het gaat om technologie als cloud computing, open source, virtualisatie en analytics voor academische instituten, trusts en HBO-opleidingen.
Hiermee zijn deze instellingen via IT direct met elkaar verbonden en kunnen ze bronnen en data onderling delen en dus toegankelijk maken. Met deze technologie kunnen de onderwijsinstellingen in Pune, ook wel bekend als de onderwijshub in de regio, innovatiever en effectiever worden.

Samen met partners werkt IBM op deze manier aan het verlagen van onderwijskosten, efficiënt en effectief student-lifecycle management, privacybescherming, het delen van academische onderzoeksmateriaal en samenwerking tussen studenten en docenten.
Bron: ITvarnews, woensdag 23 december 2009

Put yourself in a time machine and choose your destination: Ancient Egypt or the Ming Dynasty

Man has always explored the past with passion and curiosity. Thanks to IBM’s know-how (virtual worlds, 3D simulation, information architecture…) and the treasures of local museums, the greatest civilizations are now only a click away, making the time journey more vivid than ever.  Anyone with access to the internet is now able to enter a three-dimensional reconstruction of Tutankhamun’s tomb, as it was when Howard Carter and his colleagues discovered it and wiped the dust of a grave of 3000 years of age, or visits Bejings Forbidden city as if you were walking next to the Chinese emperor. 

Explore Ancient Egypt in no time !

For the past three years, the Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CultNat) and IBM have been working to bring the awe-inspiring experience of Egypt to the world through a project known as the Eternal Egypt. With the help of a $2.5 million grant of technology and expertise from IBM, the Eternal Egypt represents a unique partnership to use innovative IBM technologies and services to create an interactive, multimedia experience of Egyptian cultural artifacts, places and history for a global audience.
The Eternal Egypt web site includes an unprecedented experience of high-resolution images, three-dimensional reconstructions of Egyptian monuments and antiquities, as well as virtually-reconstructed environments, panoramic images, and panoramic views of present-day Egypt captured by robotic cameras located from the top of Karnak Temple to the streets of Old Cairo. An innovative, interactive map and timeline will guide Eternal Egypt visitors through Egypt’s cultural heritage, while a “context navigator” presents the complex relationships between objects, places and personalities of Egypt’s past in a unique, web-like display.

Get inside the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time is a partnership between IBM and the Palace Museum in Beijing, China. For more than five hundred years, the Ming and Qing emperors ruled China from the palaces of the Forbidden City. The art and architectural treasures from this period are the cultural heart of modern China.  It is the world’s first online virtual world dedicated to a country’s cultural heritage. It is presented as a three-dimensional replica of the square-kilometer palace grounds called The Virtual Forbidden City. The project partners’ goal was to create an experience that is as authentic as possible by being true to important Chinese principles of balance and harmony.
Rather than being an isolating virtual experience, the Virtual Forbidden City allows visitors to see and interact with each other and with a wide range of volunteers, staff, and automated characters. To welcome the broadest range of visitors, a simple, easy to use interface guides interactions with the Virtual Forbidden City. As they explore the Virtual Forbidden City, visitors can choose to simply observe the buzz of activity, participate in activities that provide insights into important aspects of the Qing dynasty, or even take guided tours that uncover new insights into the stories of the Forbidden City.

So, fasten your seat belt and take off for a long long trip to the past!