Smart Portable Devices Suitable for Cultural Heritage: A Review

Abstract

This article reviews recent portable sensor technologies to apply in the Cultural Heritage (CH) fields. The review has been prepared in the form of a retrospective description of the sensor’s history and technological evolution, having: new nanomaterials for transducers, miniaturized, portable and integrated sensors, the wireless transmission of the analytical signals, ICT_Information Communication Technology and IoT_Internet of Things to apply to the cultural heritage field. In addition, a new trend of movable tattoo sensors devices is discussed, referred to in situ analysis, which is especially important when scientists are in the presence of un-movable and un-tangible Cultural Heritage and Art Work objects. The new proposed portable contact sensors (directly applied to art work objects and surfaces) are non-invasive and non-destructive to the different materials and surfaces of which cultural heritage is composed.

Cultural Heritage in Smart City Environments: The Update

“…Koukopoulos, Koukopoulos, and Jung (2018) present an ICT system based on crowdsourcing, useful for real-time cultural event management. Valentini et al (2018) provide an extensive review of cutting-edge technologies and sensors on portable devices, which can be used to monitor and control the physical environment of cultural heritage sites, as well as diagnose and restore art works. Altogether, recent research and practice focus on smart technological applications that mostly use sensors and other hardware and software for various purposes, and specifically i) to enhance visitors' experience of heritage sites, ii) to promote acquaintance with a specific cultural heritage asset, iii) to safeguard and preserve cultural heritage and iv) to better manage conditions and utilities (temperature, humidity, energy, lighting) in heritage sites.…”

Semantic Representation and Internet of Things in Cultural Heritage Preventive Conservation

“…The daily monitoring process included four (4) hourly cycles of data monitoring (using computers installed and connected to the sensing devices). Finally, a recent review of available sensor devices and dataloggers (with or without IoT connectivity) can be found in (Valentini, 2018).…”

Development of a Compatible, Low Cost and High Accurate Conservation Remote Sensing Technology for the Hygrothermal Assessment of Historic Walls

“…Small sensors result in less-invasive for CH, permitting to reduce aesthetic impact, losses of original materials, mechanical and physical damages. Recently, these devices have been designed as miniaturized tools to be used for in-situ diagnosis of heritage buildings [38]. Generally, small probes have a flat surface which favors good thermal contact between sensors and walls.…”

“…Otherwise, flat surfaces reduce the loss of building materials. These miniaturized sensors allow the collection of big data systems, thanks to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) new generation technologies [38,39].…”