{"id":1756,"date":"2019-12-16T08:20:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/innovation-challenges\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2019-12-17T11:16:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T11:16:22","slug":"dec-16-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/innovation-challenges\/dec-16-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 16. Cabinet of (Christmas) curiosities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IT Innovation Challenges advent calendar 2019<\/p><\/div>\n

The online platform Cabinet<\/a>, built by researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute<\/a> and supported by the IT Innovation Challenges, holds a number of intriguing entries associated with Christmas.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a>

View the 3D model on Cabinet by clicking on the image.<\/p><\/div>\n

One of\u00a0them is\u00a0this 3D model of the Princess Mary Gift Tin box, which was digitised using photogrammetry at one of the University’s Lest We Forget<\/a> roadshows.<\/p>\n

The Princess Mary Gift Fund box<\/a> is an embossed brass box\u00a0that originally contained a variety of items such as tobacco and chocolate. It was intended as a Christmas present to those serving at Christmas in 1914 and was paid for by a public fund backed by Princess Mary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 3D model reveals the embossing through the play of light on the object\u2019s surface and gives a sense of the object\u2019s age by showing small scratches on its back \u2013 a detail usually not visible in photographs.<\/p>\n

Other objects on Cabinet that relate to Christmas\u00a0 include<\/p>\n