Color Terrae Primary Function: Daim Ntawv Thov Xov Tooj Ntawm Tes los ntawm Simone Ardito

Qhov qauv tsim Color Terrae Primary Function: Daim Ntawv Thov Xov Tooj Ntawm Tes los ntawm Simone Ardito yog tus yeej muaj nqis heev ntawm qhov khoom plig 2021 A' Design Award Nyiaj hauv Pawg Sib Tw Tsim Thev Naus Laus Zis Xov Tooj, Apps thiab Software.

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Color Terrae Primary Function: Daim Ntawv Thov Xov Tooj Ntawm Tes

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Tus Neeg Siv: Simone Ardito

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Txog Color Terrae Primary Function: Daim Ntawv Thov Xov Tooj Ntawm Tes

Color Terrae yog ib daim ntawv thov xov tooj ntawm tes rau cov kws tshawb fawb keeb kwm qub txeeg qub teg. Daim ntawv thov no hloov ua digital rau kev txheeb xyuas, tsom xam, cais hom thiab piav qhia txog cov chav txheej av (stratigraphic units) raws li tus lej xim Munsell. Ib txoj haujlwm ntes xim uas raws li kev txawj ntse tob (artificial intelligence) nyeem cov duab uas tus neeg siv thaij thiab txuas txhua chav txheej av mus rau ib tus lej xim tshwj xeeb. Ib feem Diary ua haujlwm zoo li ib phau ntawv sau tseg thiab ib qho khaws duab rau cov ntawv sau, cov suab hais tseg thiab cov duab. Dig Mode muab ib qho interface uas raug ua kom zoo tshaj plaws rau kev siv sab nraum zoov rau cov hnub khawb av.

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Txog A' Design Award Nyiaj

Color Terrae Primary Function: Daim Ntawv Thov Xov Tooj Ntawm Tes yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Color Terrae Primary Function: Daim Ntawv Thov Xov Tooj Ntawm Tes xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Color Terrae Primary Function: Daim Ntawv Thov Xov Tooj Ntawm Tes yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.

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Cov credit, cov neeg pab thiab cov ntsiab lus kev txawj ntse muab los ntawm tus tsim.

Yam Tshwj Xeeb: Color Terrae is an AI-powered app created to optimize archaeologist's workflow by replacing the current inefficient paper-based processes.
AI technology comes into play with a color detection function: it is able to identify colors from photographs taken by the user, and to associate the photographed stratigraphic unit to a specific color code. Furthermore, Color Terrae offers the chance to switch to Dig Mode, an outdoor-optimized version of the app which can be really useful on dig days.
Qhov Loj & Ntim: When a picture is taken, AI technology analyses it and samples pixel by pixel in order to get the matching color unit related to a Munsell color code.
There are 1000 hex color codes learned by the AI. Since most of them are pretty similar, they are grouped in 100 color units.
Each color unit belongs to a Munsell color. Most hex color codes detected within a color unit will indicate the "winning" unit which is associated with a specific Munsell color.
Cov Ntsiab Lus: Archaeology, Digital Innovation, Use of Technology, User Experience, App Design, Artificial Intelligence
Thev Naus Laus Zis Tsim Khoom: From pencil to pixels to code. The project started from rough sketches on paper sheets, then it moved to digital meeting the following softwares:
Adobe Illustrator (logo and brand identity), Sketch (wireframes, hi-fi mockups and prototype), Xcode with Swift UI (app), Core ML and Python (AI colors detector).
Kev Sib Tw Tsim Qauv: The most challenging part was to bring to digital the current paper-based process without altering the user experience.
In fact by using this app the archeologist should not change his workflow, but willingly follow the same process used previously on paper, now on digital. Understanding all the human and technical pain points has been crucial in order to come up with an appropriate digital solution.
Kev Tshawb Fawb: Results from interviews, researches and user tests established that a mobile app could help the archaeologist in at least three different phases:
1. During the archaeological excavation, recognise the different layers, distinguish between them and note their characteristics.
2. During documentation to assign univocal color codes to the layers to avoid confusion or misunderstandings.
3. During the study phase of the site, which usually takes place several months after the excavation and fieldworks.
Kev Txhawb Siab: The project comes from the desire to bring innovation in areas where digital technology is not much explored, such as archaeology.
Color Terrae indeed allows to digitalize some of the main activities of the archaeologist: identification, analysis, classification and description of stratigraphic units following the Munsell color code.
Lub Sij Hawm Ua Hauj Lwm: The project started in the last quarter of 2020 and had its first demo release and test phase in February 2021 in Lugano, Switzerland.
Txheej Txheem Ua Hauj Lwm: Once the app is launched, the user can interact with the main area, Diary, launch the Camera, or switch to Dig Mode through settings.
Diary, as the name may suggest, works as a notebook, but also as a photographic archive. Here user can write or record his thoughts during the day at the dig, and save all the pictures he has taken. In order to have a well structured archive, all the files (notes, voice memo and pics) are divided in three sections: recents, lists and all.