Researchers with the EU-funded SmARTS project have developed low-cost, easy-to-use devices for mapping, monitoring and analysing the surfaces of historical and archaeological artefacts.
New advances in open source and low-cost software and hardware mean new opportunities for analysing and preserving our shared cultural heritage. The EU-funded SmARTS (Smart technology for analysis and monitoring of Cultural Heritage materials) project is taking advantage of this new technology to produce low-cost, easy-to-assemble, easy-to-use and fully customisable devices for mapping, monitoring and analysing surfaces of historical and archaeological artefacts and structures.
Further details: Getting smart about cultural heritage