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https://studio.carnegiemuseums.org/evaluating-dawn-chorus-48b82e051967
Mobile technology has changed the way we interact with everything in our everyday lives including museums. Dawn Chorus is an app that is also useful outside of the museum exhibition. The app is a natural history designed alarm clock exploring the idea of “museum as utility.” Dawn chorus takes its inspiration from the natural phenomenon the singing of a bunch of birds in the dawn of each day. Like the birds each dawn, the app grows louder as different birds join in the chorus allowing for a natural musical way to wake up. I was inspired by this project because of the approach to tackling a concept of museum as utility, combining inspiration from nature and the mobile app.