December 18, 2017
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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December 11, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
We're excited to announce that we'll be upgrading our current v. 5.3 installation of Panopto to version 5.5 on Tuesday, December 19th, 2017. Some of the headline features we'll be gaining include: Webcasts are now delivered via HTML5 in both the...
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December 6, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
I've been doing some research into inexpensive portable lighting kits and wondering if anyone has discovered a killer solution for attaching lights to the top of a laptop or that can sit on a desktop and illumine someone's face at...
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August 28, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
When it comes to converting an HDMI signal to something a little more computer friendly (USB), there are plenty of good options. Osprey and Magewell both have very compelling offerings with enhanced features, but at a price of roughly $300 -...
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August 24, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
It may be time to retire those trusty old wireless microphone systems that you're currently using in your classrooms and auditoriums. The 600 MHz spectrum (technically 614 - 698 MHz) is about to get considerably more congested with wireless interference...
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March 20, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
A number of products are reaching into and helping redefine what we might think of as the lecture capture appliance space. One sub-category of these includes appliances that, while they could be part of fixed installations in classrooms and other venues, also have...
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February 23, 2017
By: Mich Donovan
Following up on Wacom's Companion series, the MobileStudio Pro doubles down on power and capability. If you're looking for the functionality of a tablet-aided desktop on the go, it's an incredible tool. Even more so than the Companion, the MobileStudio Pro...
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February 22, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Earlier this month, Vaddio (now a division of Milestone AV Technologies as of April 2016) visited the TEC to provide an in-depth technical overview of their new RoboTRAK camera tracking system. The system, used in combination with many existing Vaddio cameras, functions...
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January 19, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
We'll be looking at a number of new capture and streaming appliances here in the coming months, as there has been a lot of interesting activity in this product space. To start with, we wanted to highlight a significant update to...
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November 30, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
Congratulations are in order for Panopto, the classroom and mobile recording system that has been the flagship for DukeCapture since 2010. Gartner, one of the most respected American research firms that provides market analysis in the IT space, has just selected Panopto as a "Leader"...
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