September 4, 2019
By: Devon Henry
Insta360 is coming out with another camera — this time, the Go Stabilized camera. It’s a super small camera you can connect to your clothes or hang up to take quick shots of the place around you. It’s water resistant...
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August 28, 2019
By: Mich Donovan
For a recent project, I was tasked with a designing a screensaver that had an ethereal pulsing background (like a less busy version of this video). It had to be 1 minute, loopable without any hiccups when it restarted, and...
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August 15, 2019
By: Todd Stabley
2019 WAS A FIRST for Panopto, Duke’s lecture capture provider, in that they held their User Conference near company headquarters in downtown Seattle. As this was only their third North American user conference (the previous two were held in downtown...
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By: Richard Mitchell
Many businesses and universities have transitioned to open floorplans for staff. It's efficient, flexible, and saves a considerable amount of money. But, for the employees, having unscheduled disruptions can be distracting, causing loss of work or worse, general fatigue. The...
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By: Richard Mitchell
Face it, the form factor of most projectors hasn't changed much over the past few decades. Most projectors subscribe to the "rectangular box" design, sometimes spicing it up with white AND black options, oh my! Enter the Epson EV-105... If...
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July 22, 2019
By: Mich Donovan
Overview In July of 2019, the Duke Media Productions team was due for an upgrade on our computers. Through a mix of research, budgeting, and consultation (the fine folks at Adobe were incredibly helpful) , we arrived at two candidates...
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July 19, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
The Google Jamboard may not be newest technology to hit the market, officially announced in late 2016, but the 55" 4K touchscreen still delivers a wonderfully playful experience in 2019. To start, the hardware "feels very Google" (well organized cables,...
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By: Richard Mitchell
It's always nice to have a visit from Biamp in the summer. For those that aren't in "the know," Biamp is "a leading provider of professional AV equipment well-suited for a variety of applications, including conferencing, paging, and video," or...
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July 16, 2019
By: Stephen Toback
I needed to produce a short video about my department's role in building the new Karsh Alumni & Visitor's Center at Duke. One problem, I was 3000 miles away from Durham. Zoom to the rescue. The producer for the project,...
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July 9, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
There are officially one zillion wireless sharing devices on planet earth, with one billion new offerings coming to market every day. OK, perhaps I'm exaggerating a bit, but there are dozens to hundreds of good looking options on the market,...
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