March 26, 2014
By: Stephen Toback
Tom Freeland in OIT Communications Infrastructure loaned us the Epiphan DVI2USB 3.0 converter to test. The Vaddio AV Bridge is our current tool of choice but it's large rackmount requirement and somewhat complex interface makes it not applicable to all...
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March 25, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
Hopefully most of you will be celebrating Cinco De Mayo on Monday, May 5, but since that is just after Spring semester exams end and usage of DukeCapture is low that week, OIT has planned this date for our annual spring...
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March 17, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
I recently joined an interesting new online community of technology professionals and researchers called REC:all. REC:all is a European learning technology project funded by the EC Education and Culture - Lifelong Learning Programme. Its mission is "to explore new ways in which lecture...
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March 12, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
I had the opportunity to attend a great seminar today from dot Hill today about 4K workflows. They passed a lot of good information for storage bandwidth build outs and I thought I would list some of my takeaways. 4K...
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By: Stephen Toback
Just picked up the Joby GripTight smartphone tripod adapter for less than $15 online. It's super compact and lets you easily mount your phone to any standard tripod - while keeping your case on your phone. I know there are...
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March 11, 2014
By: Stephen Toback
Ed Gomes (Senior Associate Dean, Trinity Technology Services) and I visited Casey Emerson, Director of Education Technology for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to check out their Double Robotics mobile video conferencing unit. We've been evaluating the Vgo mobile...
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March 3, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
GoPro has seen phenomenal success with their line of cameras that have put low cost POV production into the hands of every person with an active hobby. Their brand is as synonymous with POV cameras as Kleenex is with facial...
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By: Chip Bobbert II
I'm beginning to think that much of the expensive technology that goes into an average integrated classroom could be replaced by cheap (less than a $100) boxes running AirPlay. One of the big challenges holding back this tech is the...
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February 25, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
I recently completed our annual survey of enterprise lecture capture systems and wanted to share our findings with those of you interested in taking a look. This document looks at 11 of the leading products in use today in higher ed (tools like MediaSite, Echo360,...
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By: Jack D'Ardenne
This new Panasonic AW-HE2 USB HD camera looks interesting. High list price ($995), but it offers a lot of functionality. I'm going to reach out to Panasonic to see if we can get a demo and I'll report back if we...
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