January 30, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH-439XCkCg I just installed VMware Fusion 6 and found this great little feature that lets you easily install OS X as a virtual machine. For those wondering why I would want to run Apple's OS on a machine already running...
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January 27, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
Crestron just released an interesting new whitepaper tackling the challenges of working with 4k video from an integrator's perspective. I thought it looks at some interesting issues such as emerging "tweener" resolutions between 1080p and 4k. Other topics covered include:...
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January 16, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
OIT-ITS recently purchased a Google Chromecast to test with, which unfortunately, we can't use on Duke's network. It turns out that the Google Chromecast requires multicast to be enabled on the network it is connected to. This is NOT something...
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January 2, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
A pair of new 3D printers has arrived at the Media Lab today as well as a digital scanner. Over the coming semester we will be exploring the use of commodity 3D printing in various educational applications. More posts will...
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December 11, 2013
By: Chip Bobbert II
Airfoil We had an interesting use case come up. A question was posed about being able to listen to multiple audios streams in the same room and be able to select between them. The first thing that popped into my...
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November 8, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Sharon Kaiser from the School of Medicine will give us a tour of the School of Medicine's Teaching and Learning Center in the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center. This will also be our holiday gathering and we'll have cookies and beverages. If...
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November 6, 2013
By: Stephen Toback
On Tuesday, November 19th from 3-5PM, Duke's School of Medicine will be showing a short piece of video shot last summer as detailed in these blog posts: http://sites.duke.edu/ddmc/2013/06/26/4k-no-way-yes-way/ http://sites.duke.edu/ddmc/2013/06/26/4k-the-shoot/ Dr. Len White...
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October 29, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Duke's Logitech rep, Warren Widener stopped by today to show us some of Logitech's business line products (listed below). Two of the highlights were the BCC950 ConferenceCam and the Logitech Mobile Speakerphone P710e. The BCC950 webcam features 1080P video, PTZ operation...
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By: Teresa Jennings
The InFocus 55'" Mondopad was demo'd on October 25th, 2013 at the Link. This is an all-in-one Windows 7 based HD touchscreen monitor designed to present, annotate and collaborate with participants in the same room and globally. The device...
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October 24, 2013
By: Chip Bobbert II
A popular appliance at Duke, the Vaddio AV Bridge, has received a recent firmware revision we applied to a few units and tested out today. The unit is an interesting piece that basically grabs various video signals (HDMI, Component, VGA,...
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