EFI supersizes the whiteboard. (What's new ... in presentation systems & products).

If you liked the aBeam System 3 by Electronics for Imaging, Inc., you just might fall in love with the latest eBeam software features. The original aBeam, which operates with a PC or a Mac, captures meeting notes and diagrams as they are written on whiteboards, and broadcasts them in real-time over the Internet or institutional intranet. Now users have twice the coverage area: EFI's new software allows two eBeam System receiver units to be linked, to cover up to a 12' x 4' area--the largest capture area of any digital whiteboard solution on the market, according to EFI. What's more, when a digital projector is being used in the presentation, the new software converts the projected area of the whiteboard into a virtual touchscreen. Presenters simply use the eBeam pen as a mouse on the board, and voila!--they can open applications and control the computer. Priced around $749. Visit www.e-beam.com.