Museum
Client RequestOn the occasions of the ''Firenze dei Bambini'' event, the first smart bench , donated by Telecom Italia to the City of Florence for the REPLICATE european project, was presented and installed in the Novecento Museum in piazza Santa Maria Novella
Smart Bench won't only be a charging point for smartphones and tablets. Smart bench in the museum will also monitor in particular the flow of visitors and provide information services to tourists and citizens. For example, On the occasions of the ''Firenze dei Bambini'' event, songs and fairy tales have been uploaded in the bench to entertain the young audience during the various events taking place in the Museum.
Intervention
Need analysis with subsequent proposal of the bench containing in particular the technological solutions best suitable for the Customer.
Production and supply of the Smart Bench in a municipality of more than 380.000 inhabitants with a strong touristic presence.
Given the various events taking place in the Museum, for this reason it is necessary to rapidly and autonomously upadate and change the bench setting without necessarily having specific IT skills. For this reason we have designed a web portal from which it is possible to access to the remote management interface and modify the operating parameters such as audio settings and on/off switching of the lights, inserting a new icon linking to a web page and sharing multimedia content.
Client Benefits
Monitoring the flow of the visitors
Supplying of informative services to tourists and citizens
Simple and intuitive software interface to menage the bench functions
On the occasions of the ”Firenze dei Bambini” event, songs and fairy tales have been uploaded in the bench to entertain the young audience during the various events taking place in the Museum.