CHSOS has been invited to the EHRI international workshop on Revising the Scope and Means of Physical and Digital Preservation of Holocaust Documentation, hold at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Sept 8-10, 2014. This International Workshop was organized within the Framework of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI), supported by the European Commission. The workshop was about
CHSOS is launching the Shared Training option. So far, you could request and schedule a training program at your best convenience at the CHSOS studio in Sicily or you could request it in your location. Though, students and some professionals cannot afford the total fee of a full 5 day program on their own. CHSOS
Download FORS Spectral database of historical pigments in different binders A new free online FORS spectra database of pigments is available. FORS (Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy) is a low-cost spectroscopy and it is used to identify pigments on art works. CHSOS tested an innovative miniaturized and affordable spectrometer and created the spectral database. This new paper
Just published on the free online magazine, Archeomatica, 2, 2014. This paper presents the discovery of these frescoes and their examination performed with technical photography, XRF, and FORS (Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy). This paper steams from a collaboration that CHSOS has had with University of California San Diego (XRF spectroscopy) and GHT Photonics (FORS spectroscopy)
Following to CHSOS presence at the Dialogue Day in Tallin, the eCult Observatory appreciated the CHSOS effort to promote innovative, affordable and sustainable technologies for art examination and nominated CHSOS eCult ambassador. This means CHSOS will be a promoter of these innovative technologies in museums also within the eCult Observatory project. The eCult Observatory is the on-line