Hardware and Software
The technologies of the future, bringing the past back to life
Gruppo Panini Cultura is a leader in the design and implementation of cutting-edge hardware and software for the digitization of diverse and cross-disciplinary cultural heritage collections in a wide variety of contexts. Our expertise allows us to develop new solutions and to meet even the most demanding requirements with the highest quality and precision. Every product is guided by our passion for protecting cultural heritage and our commitment to innovation.
Scanners for cultural assets
We design and employ scanners and photographic techniques for 2D and 3D digital acquisition, to meet our customers’ needs. Our experience with digitizing documents and works of art has driven us to develop custom hardware solutions with technical specifications that surpass the standard tools and solutions on the market.
Digital Asset Manager: Coosmo
Coosmo is our Digital Asset Management service that offers an advanced and versatile solution for the seamless management and use of ultra-high-resolution gigapixel images and much more. Designed specifically to manage large numbers of digital assets, Coosmo not only facilitates digital archiving and digital preservation of the cultural heritage, but is also compatible with the IIIF Image and Presentation API standards, ensuring flexibility and adaptability to a wide range of preservation and conservation needs.
Numis Bee
Numis Bee is our software for the digitization of ancient coins, designed to automate and optimize workflows. It allows catalogers to easily check the quality of digitizations and make corrections quickly and securely, with automatic object detection and automatic field entry via barcodes or QR codes. Numis Bee guarantees an efficient and accurate digitization process, ideal for managing large numismatic collections.
Atlas Hawk
Atlas Hawk is the world’s first robotic planetary scanner capable of digitizing loose pages or bound paper documents of various sizes and types in ultra-high resolution. Its versatility comes from two independent motorized support surfaces and a motorized, extra-clear, anti-reflective tempered glass plate. The management software included with it integrates Artificial Intelligence, is certified for Industry 4.0, and features an advanced, intuitive interface for organizing, searching, and sharing digitized documents.
Spira Blackbird
Spira Blackbird is hardware designed for scanning microfilm, which is particularly sensitive to light. The scanner minimizes stress on the film by avoiding traction and direct contact, thereby preserving its condition. It allows 48-bit per channel scanning, a feature not available in previous scanners. Spira is the result of a long analysis and research into construction materials and lighting solutions, to ensure that every phase of the digitization process respects the conservation needs of microfilm.
Digital Management of Heritage Collections: Arianna
Since 1998, our software Arianna has embodied the perfect union of archival and IT expertise, giving life to solutions for the computerized management of archival assets. The Arianna4 suite includes Arianna4Work, a back-end platform for the organization, cataloging and management of descriptive records and digital reproductions, and Arianna4View, which offers innovative tools for web publishing, improving the use and enhancement of preserved assets.
