September 26, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
I was able to attend the World Maker Faire this year in NYC. It was an excellent and well attended event. As one might imagine there was a focus on 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CNC routing and other fabrication technologies....
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September 2, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
The FLIR One imaging system began shipping last week (http://www.flir.com/flirone/) Alternative sensor tech is a very interesting subject for production engineers. For years I have been ripping my apart my camera bodies to strip out the cut filters that limit...
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August 13, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
The results are in! The winner of our PTZ Blind Shootout was the Panasonic AW-HE60. A close runner up was the Sony BRCZ-330, losing by just a vote. This was a ranking vote so the actual gap was just .2...
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July 24, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
Help us review a few cameras! We recently tested five popular single-chip PTZ cameras for our MPS Studio upgrade. We perceived what seem to be significant differences in quality. To validate our findings, we would share what we saw with...
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July 22, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
We currently have several, popular single chip PTZ cameras all in one location and hooked up to a test monitor. On hand is the Sony BRC-Z330, Panasonic AW-HE60, Vaddio HD019, Cisco PrecisionHD, and Logitech BCC950. With the exception of the...
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July 10, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
Panasonic is coming on site today from 2:30-4pm at MPS West in the Perkins / Bostock Library to demo their PTZ line up. We will be testing their cameras in several conferencing and production scenarios. Representatives will be available for...
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July 3, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
Continuing our exploration into 4K we have acquired a Sony FDR-AX100. This a prosumer grade camera from Sony with the notable feature of being, of course, 4K (specifically UltraHD). I will do an in depth review of it in the...
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June 23, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
A new PrimeSense scanner has been purchased for use in the MPS starting this fall. We couldn't help ourselves when we explored some applications in the Media Lab. To demonstrate the potential, we used a powerful application called Faceshift that...
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June 12, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
Chip and Todd attended HaiSchool 101, a one-day training session led by Haivision in RTP on June 11. The training was attended by about 25 or so area video professionals, including representatives from NC State as well as A/V integrators...
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June 9, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
I spent a few hours at the NC Maker Faire this past Saturday. My goal was to pick up on new things and popular trends in the maker field. What surprised me was how simple and popular home manufacturing has...
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