Taming the whiteboard jungle. (new products).SMART, www.smarttech.com, Hardware, Camera system: $1,599, Projector mount: $3,499 The SMART Camfire whiteboard The electronic equivalent of chalk and blackboard, but between remote users. Whiteboard systems allow network participants to simultaneously view one or more users drawing on an on-screen blackboard or running an application. camera system for Windows allows users to save a digitally enhanced image of anything written, drawn or posted on the whiteboard. Notes can then be saved, printed or posted to a Web site for future reference. The system includes two digital cameras and easily installs above a 4'x 8' whiteboard. The control unit features a back-lit LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. , printer port, network connection and USB port A USB socket on a computer or peripheral device into which a USB cable is plugged. See USB. . To record notes from multiple whiteboards, users may connect up to four camera booms to one control unit. Once the system's patented software captures an image, even notes at the edges of the board, it is converted to a JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. computer file. That file can then be saved, printed or posted on the Web for teachers, administrators, parents or others to view. The self-contained system is always on, so setup See BIOS setup and install program. is not required. Also new from SMART is the LightRaise projector mount, designed to simplify installing and using a projector. It combines a projector and a computer into an easy-to-use multimedia system. The projector can be raised or lowered for easy access to the projector. CIRCLE #526 FOR INFORMATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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