A new interactive touchscreen has been installed in the Whyalla Maritime Museum, just in time for the lead up to this year’s cuttlefish season.
Located in the Natural History section of the Museum, the new touchscreen is jam-packed with interesting and educational information and footage of the cuttlefish.
Council’s Tourism Assets Development Officer, Mr Paul Mazourek, was on hand to oversee installation of the touchscreen last Friday.
“It’s very exciting to see this extra addition to the Maritime Museum, we have so many visitors including school groups and travellers who will be able to benefit from this new interactive resource” Mr Mazourek said.
Featuring specialised drone images and animation sequences, the ‘cuttlefish kiosk’ will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about these amazing creatures.
“We’ve included some fantastic video footage, sourced from local divers, that gives the feeling of swimming with the cuttlefish yourself.
“Users can go into different sections of the screen and source information about the cuttlefish life cycle, reproduction, anatomy, environment, hunting techniques and diet” Mr Mazourek said.
Disk-Edits, an Adelaide company who specialise in creative and immersive content for Museums, travelled to Whyalla on Friday 12 February to install the interactive touchscreen.
Mr Mazourek thanked Disk-Edits and said he was pleased to see the project, which has been in the pipeline since 2017, come to fruition.
“While the cuttlefish are only here in the cold winter months, this new interactive touchscreen gives visitors the opportunity to now experience them all year-round” Mr Mazourek said.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Cuttlefish are colour blind. They have ‘w’ shaped pupils which are thought to allow them to see both behind and in front at the same time.
- Cuttlefish are not actually a fish. They are a cephalopod (Greek for ‘head-foot’), and their feet, or tentacles actually connect to their head rather than their body.
- Cuttlefish have blue blood, 3 hearts, 8 arms and 2 feeding tentacles.
Pictured with the cuttlefish touchscreen are Rosanna Clark from Disk-Edits Pty Ltd (Adelaide) and
Paul Mazourek, Tourism Assets Development Officer.