The Central government plans to complete 3D digitisation of all museums under its administrative control by the year-end for better conservation of artefacts.
About JATAN virtual museum builder:
- It is a digital collection management system for Indian museums.
- It has been designed and developed by the Human Centres Design and Computing Group, Centre for Development of Smart Computing, Pune.
- It is a client-server application with features such as image cropping, watermarking, unique numbering, and management of digital objects with multimedia representations.
- It can create 3D virtual galleries and provide public access through web, mobile or touchscreen kiosks.
What is 3D scanning?
- It means analysing a real-world object or environment to collect three-dimensional data on its shape and possibly its appearance.
- The collected data is then used to construct digital 3D models.
Key facts about C-DACÂ
- It is the apex research and development wing of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- It was established in the year 1988.
- Its main purpose was to carry out research and development in Electronics, IT and other associated areas.
- It was setup to build Supercomputers in the context of the denial of the import of Supercomputers by the USA.
- C-DAC build India’s first indigenously built supercomputer Param 8000in 1991.
- Applications of Param 8000:Â Â long-range weather forecasting, remote sensing, drug design and molecular modelling