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Coleman Projects Space Media Kiosk |
Coleman Projects Space Media Kiosk
There was a need for the gallery to have a computer interface for searching
the Coleman Projects website and playing DVDs.
This tool assists both disabled
accessibility (wheelchair access is difficult in back gallery space) and also
works as an interactive archive and advertising tool (an alternative to the
ubiquitous gallery comments book).
Description:
- Needed
to be cheap
- Used
old donated computer and monitor
- Bought
wireless card, DVD rom drive and wireless ADSL router from PC world
- Setup
wireless network across the house
- Machine
can be used to upload content and edit the www.colemanprojects.org.uk
website
- Restricted
access to relevant URLs e.g. www.colemanprojects.org.uk and reap project
- Currently
configured for Windows 98
- Plan
to setup Ubuntu installation after using this system
on another machine and realising the stability, ease of customisation and
free opensource desktop software
- Next
step is to buy a cheap graphics card, to allow for proper playback of DVDs
(Pentium 3 machines don't have enough processing power), and RAM for the
machine to function well in Linux Gnome desktop
- Firefox
will be customised to work only in kiosk mode
Hardware/software used:
People involved/Organisation:
Coleman Projects Space,
Southwark, London
Date:
May - July 2005 |
