This kiosk has 3 consoles with 3 buttons each that provides input to a game that gives a multiple choice questions on current science topics. A timer counts down and gives the user 20 seconds to answer a question, after the time has elapsed, the user is award points based on their performance. All questions are pulled from a mySQL database using PHP as a middleware to display the questions in a Flash front-end. Due to time constraints and outside contractor was hired to produce the database, PHP code, and Admin page, though I still handled the creative direction and project management.

This was a project that was used to identify birds that were local to the area surrounding the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Using pre-existing photos and an extensive audio collection that the Cornell Lab had on hand, users were able to browse both sounds and photos to aid them in identify, or discover more information about a specific bird.

This kiosk was used as a device to browse the extensive Macullay Sound Library, which houses around 20,000 animal sounds. Using a flash front end, users are able to browse a selection of sounds driven by arrays and external files. Included was a sound matching game that tested the users knowledge of sounds and the animals that make them. Another section housed staff picks, which are favorites of certain employees of CLO with a short description.

This kiosk is a game that describes in a general sense the three steps involved in wound healing. Using a metaphor of "super healers" the user chooses from a selection of heroes to use in each stage of the wound healing process. Feedback is given on whether your choices are correct or incorrect. You are presented with animations that describe the function of each "hero" as well as a cross-section of a typical wound. A multiple-choice quiz is provided at the end of the game for more advanced issues of wound healing.

This was the first multi-media project I was handed during my internship at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Though not my best work, it was a good project to learn the software, hardware, and encoding of video into an MPEG2 format. Working with hardware decoder cards (Cinemaster), the computer used a third party CD-Rom that discussed the aspects of cells, which was difficult to program since it was made 5 years prior to the kiosks production and needed to switch "focus" from itself back to the director piece. Several plug-ins where used to make this happen, which is always entertaining when you are using someone else's function list. This kiosk is no longer on the exhibit floor due to an exhibit redesign but it still lives in my memory.

A sample of my more recent work, this kiosk used two Creative Web Cam Pro web cameras to simultaneously record and display a live feed of the users facial expressions for a study in how "micro-expressions" can subliminally key responses in communication. Also included in this kiosk is a quiz where you guess the emotion that is being displayed.

A simple kiosk, based on a question and answer session with Kizmet's creator. Video segments answer the question posed with individual buttons. Several revisions where made due to lack of concrete copy during production and swapping of video clips. Making my job more fun by the minute.