July 2007
Professor Eric Dyer’s and the IRC’s research into rapid-prototyping 3D zoetropes for filmmaking and installations will be exhibited at The Baltimore Museum Art as part of the Sondheim Prize Competition and Exhibition.
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June 2007
The one-month pilot for Fieldtrip: Using Internet-Based Multi-Media to Engage Teens on Education Issues is launched on-line. The project is currently closed to the general public, due to its on-going evaluation, but general information about Fieldtrip can be found here:
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May 2007
Jennifer Web, a digital puppet, developed by the IRC for the Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT), delivered the keynote address at UMBC’s Computer Mania Day to more than 5,000 attendees.
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April 2007
Interaction Laboratories receives a Maryland Technology Transfer Grant from TEDCO to partner with the IRC in developing new applications and uses for a Leg Joystick Interface.

April 2007
History Professor Anne Sarah Rubin is awarded the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship for her proposed project, Through the Heart of Dixie, Sherman’s March and America. The IRC will be collaborating with Professor Rubin and creating the visualizations.

March 2007
The Economist Magazine, London England, posts an animation of the George W. Bush caricature on its website to launch a new repository of Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher’s political cartoons. The animation was produced in the IRC using the recently developed digital puppet of Bush.
See the movie at the Economist website.
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February 2007
IRC Associate Director Lee Boot, receives funding from the National Institute of Health for Fieldtrip: Using Internet-Based Multi-Media to Engage Teens on Education Issues.
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January 2007
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) performs “Shout” for a month long series at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The performance includes the projected synchronous animation by the IRC Fellows and Professor Eric Dyer. The Zoetropes used for the animation and created by the IRC Fellows will be showcased in the Meyerhoff Lobby along with demonstrations as to how they were digitally animated.
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November 2006
A pilot test of virtually connecting K-16 teachers to active scientists is conducted using an Internet2 connection between the IRC and the Franklin Institute Museum of Science in Philadelphia. Professor Jeff Halverson, a hurricane scientist with JCET at UMBC, worked remotely with a group of educators at the Franklin Museum. High definition visualizations based on new models of developing hurricanes were streamed live as Professor Halverson explained the process. Discussions between the educators and Professor Halverson about the material happened in real-time throughout the workshop.
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June 2006
IRC Artist-In-Residence, Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher’s and the IRC’s digital caricature puppet of George W. Bush, is premiered at the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore MD, as part of the Gallery’s retrospective of Kal’s political cartoons.
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February 2006
Editorial Cartoons Move into the 21st Century: Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher begins an Artist-In-Residence at The Imaging Research Center. He will be working on a research project involving creating 3D real-time virtual caricatures of contemporary political figures.
Sponsored in part by the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation.
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