June 16, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
Jan Ozer noted in an interesting June 10 article on streamingmedia.com that there are some standards battles going on right now in the world of UHD (Ultra High Definition--i.e., 4k and above) TVs you might want to factor in if...
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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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June 4, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
After few weeks of rapid prototyping we've finished Duke's version of the LightBoard pioneered by Michael Peshkin. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1I4Afti6XE[/youtube] This great project will give a low tech method for people with traditional whiteboard learning modules to present them in a more...
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May 30, 2014
By: Stephen Toback
[gallery ids="1736,1737"] The USB powered Webstar II Light from Stellar Lighting Systems sells for about $50 and does a great job at helping to illuminate your face when web conferencing or if you are recording yourself using any type of...
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May 29, 2014
By: Teresa Jennings
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Four Winds Interactive (FWi) Superuser Conference held in Miami Fl for Duke's Digital Signage Service. This was a great opportunity to get a 'sneak peek' at their next major release, along with customer...
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May 28, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
The next few years will be interesting in the AV industry with the availability of 4K, 8K, and glasses-free 3D products. http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/39891.htm
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May 16, 2014
By: Stephen Toback
One of the challenges we've faced with the dLightboard is cleaning the neon Expo marker from the glass. Regular cleaners including Windex leave a haze as you can see above. We tried using Expo marker cleaner, but the smell was...
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May 15, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
In case there was any doubt that Flash video (.flv and .f4v) was dead at the hands of MP4, there is certainly none any longer. The new version of Adobe Media Encoder doesn't even offer presets for exporting to Flash....
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May 14, 2014
By: Stephen Toback
Based on some AMAZING work being done at Northwestern University, Chip Bobbert from Duke's ITS group partnered with the Duke Digital Initiative to build our own. We decided to first build a desktop prototype to work out construction challenges. That...
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