March 30, 2018
By: Richard Mitchell
This past week, Bill Lindsay of Wacom visited Duke's Technology Engagement Center (TEC) to showcase their recently announced product line. Wacom provides interactive pen displays, pen tablets, and styluses to equip and inspire everyone make the world a more creative place,...
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March 7, 2018
By: Richard Mitchell
On March 6th, the Duke Digital Media Community (DDMC) welcomed Danielle Walker from Squirrels to showcase their new product called Ditto. Ditto allows Windows users to wirelessly share content to an Apple TV. While this capability has been available with other software...
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By: Richard Mitchell
The good folks at NewTek were nice enough to send Duke's Office of Information Technology a demo unit of their new Connect Spark. The Connect Spark is a difficult device to explain to someone that has never produced or recorded a multi-camera...
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By: Richard Mitchell
One of the many joys of being a Digital Media Engineer with the Office of Information Technology is obtaining and evaluating AV equipment on behalf of a wide range of groups at Duke University. When asked to research small projectors...
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February 16, 2018
By: Richard Mitchell
Hosting a Crestron DDMC session can be a bit of a challenge at times. Crestron has a dozen new or updated products since their last visit in November and one could explore each device for an hour... GO! The February Crestron DDMC...
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December 18, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
As the expectations of classroom and meeting space AV changes over time, so too must the approach of delivering advanced AV systems for teaching and learning environments. The Sanford School of Public Policy (SSPP), in collaboration with Duke Office of...
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By: Richard Mitchell
On November 30th, Warren Widener of Logitech visited the Technology Engagement Center on Duke's campus to showcase three pieces of technology ideal for small and medium-sized conference rooms. We all know Logitech for their webcams, keyboards, and mice, but over...
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November 14, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Today, Crestron's Ryan Berndt visited Duke's Technology Engagement Center (TEC) and provided a detailed overview their new NVX network-based encoder/decoder hardware, other 2017 offerings, and the ongoing benefits of the A+ Education Partner Program. The session centered around the Crestron DM-NVX-350....
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November 9, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
The AV-focused Halloween Duke Digital Media Community (DDMC) session on networking and security highlighted just how complex the AV ecosystem has become. As mentioned in the session, ten years ago, networking and security weren't a primary consideration when commissioning an...
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October 10, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
I’m always a little surprised when an inexpensive piece of AV that I’ve been secretly lusting after actually delivers on the audio and video goodness I seek. Elgato was nice enough to send us a demo unit of their Cam Link that I...
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