Mitsubishi Electric has installed a six-metre diameter globe, constructed from its OLED tiles, in the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Japan.
The globe hangs 18 metres above the floor and consists of
an aluminium sphere covered with 10,362 OLED tiles. It will display scenes
of the earth taken by a meteorological statellite.
The 10 megapixel resolution
display replaces a previous globe made from LEDs and exceeds the resolution
of that device by a factor of 10.
It all forms part
of the Maraikan Museum’s Tsunagari project, designed to visualise the earth in
various forms. The globe itself is known as the Geo-Cosmos. Surrounding it
in the exhibition space are interactive tables forming the Geo-Scope element of
the exhibition. These allow visitors to explore various aspects of the earth’s climate and environment.