Beyond learning: Brazilian researchers are taking your visit to the museum to a whole new level

The Melbourne University research fellows, Dr Eduardo Araujo Oliveira and Dr Paula de Barba, developed bluetooth technology that tracks how visitors explore the museum, move around and interact with the exhibitions.

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Dr Eduardo and Dr Paula developed new bluetooth technology that tracks the visitors movements in the museum and the time they spent on each exhibit. "Museums could suggest other exhibits visitors might enjoy based on what they’re engaging with - “if you liked these exhibitions, you may also enjoy that”," explains Dr Eduardo.

The “Learning in Museums” project aims to analyse how visitors interact with the museum’s exhibition and enhance the learning experience. Source: iStockphoto

They could also provide additional information on topics in which visitors show particular interest; “did you know this? To learn more, visit that exhibition”.

The research was done in partnership with the Melbourne Museum and has been adopted by ScienceWorks Museum. Source: Flickr/oh-darling CC BY-SA 2.0

According to the researchers visitors interact with the exhibit in a unique way, reasons also vary; from wanting to learn more about a topic to sharing their experience immediately on social media Source: Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images

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