DANIA BEACH, Fla. — The IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, an organization dedicated to providing education on marine life, will play host to an "Ocean Today" kiosk in April, according to a news release.
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| An Ocean Today kiosk deployed at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. (Image courtesy of the NOAA.) |
The kiosk will promote ocean literacy among patrons of the museum by exposing them to ocean imagery and video clips. Museum goers will use a touchscreen to explore content related to science and technology, news, recent discoveries and ocean life.
"The kiosk was originally developed as a major installation on the floor of the Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History," said David Matagiese, education director for IGFA. "It receives real time data directly from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and will educate museum guests on topics such as the current state of the world's fisheries stocks, endangered species, marine debris and much more."
Matagiese said multiple groups can simultaneously interact with content on the kiosk which includes a 42-inch, independently-operated, touchscreen display, and a 50-inch plasma echo monitor above. It accomodates two specially designed sound areas that will envelop visitors. One sound area will immerse the visitors interacting with the 42-inch displays while the other sound area, at a comfortable distance behind the first, allows a group experience and easy viewing of the content mirrored on the 50-inch overhead display.
