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EduComm Conference Offers Educators New Opportunities for Learning
Gefen Helps Create Virtual Reality in Germany's University of Applied Sciences
Community Announces VERIS Installation Series
Crestron Introduces New TPMC-8T Tabletop WiFi Touchpanel
Extron Introduces 12x12 Matrix Switchers for Composite Video, VGA, and RGBHV
Triveni Digital SkyScraper Helps UEN Eliminate Educational Boundaries for Youth in Custody
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EduComm Conference Offers Educators New Opportunities for Learning
Despite record-cold temperatures and April snowstorms, it definitely is spring. And that can mean only one thing: tradeshow season! This year's crop of shows is gearing up to offer even more chances for educators to learn about AV and IT technologies to enhance the classroom experience.

Now in its fourth year, the EduComm Conference, happening June 19-21, 2007 in Anaheim, Calif., has expanded to include more than 40 educational sessions and two keynote speakers. Following up on Steve Wozniak, keynote speaker from 2006, the conference will welcome both Alan Kay and David Pogue in 2007. "Kay is one of the pioneers of the technology movement, is commonly noted as the inventor of the laptop, and worked at Xerox Park where many of today's technology inventions originated," says David Fales, publisher of University Business Magazine, which co-produces EduComm with sister publication District Administration Magazine . "He will give a look back at technology and a look ahead at what's coming." more>>


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Gefen Helps Create Virtual Reality in Germany's University of Applied Sciences
The University of Applied Sciences at Furtwangen in Munich, Germany, recently initiated its decision to create a virtual reality laboratory in which Media Lab students could create real-world strategies in a three dimensional environment.

Innovative for its use of current technology to create an engaging virtual reality, the laboratory offers a training and experimental environment in which all possible facets of a project may be explored before students proceed with the best solution. more>>


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Community Announces VERIS Installation Series
Community's new VERIS (VERsatile Installation Systems) comprise a range of small-to-medium-sized loudspeakers that are precisely engineered for versatile array construction, while aesthetically styled to meet modern architectural requirements. A powerful resource for the professional contractor, each VERIS model exhibits smooth response throughout the critical crossover region and features Community's unique, uniform full-range voicing system to minimize variations in sound quality among the range of models. more>>

Crestron Introduces New TPMC-8T Tabletop WiFi Touchpanel
Crestron's new Isys i/O TPMC-8T 8.4in. tabletop touchpanel features an embedded Windows XP Operating System that provides secure onboard PC functionality including 802.11a/b/g wireless capabilities. TPMC-8T is the new fixed tabletop version of the award-winning TPMC-8X WiFi touchpanel, providing a stationary mounting option with wired Ethernet connectivity. The fixed-tilt design features a 37-degree angle, which is ideal for podium, table or counter surface installation in a variety of applications. SMK-8T is an optional swivel mount accessory to permanently mount the TPMC-8T to a flat surface, while enabling a 330-degree rotation. Cables may be routed through the center of the swivel mechanism for a completely hidden solution. more>>

Extron Introduces 12x12 Matrix Switchers for Composite Video, VGA, and RGBHV
Extron Electronics, a manufacturer of signal routing technologies, recently introduced the AV industry's first complete range of mid-sized 12-input/12-output matrix switchers. Offering a comprehensive selection of signal switching options, the 12x12 matrix size is ideal for meeting the demands of a wide variety of signal distribution applications, including corporate boardrooms and training facilities, college and university settings, health care, and other facilities where reliable switching is required. more>>

From The Briefing Room
Triveni Digital SkyScraper Helps UEN Eliminate Educational Boundaries for Youth in Custody
Triveni Digital, a subsidiary of LG Electronics, announced that the Utah Education Network (UEN) is installing the company's SkyScraper content-distribution platform to datacast educational media to youth in custody at 13 sites across the state. Supported by a Digital Services Fund Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Youth In Custody program will facilitate delivery of specific educational content over UEN-TV's digital broadcast signal. Content includes UEN-TV's core curriculum for K-12 students; locally produced programming from UEN-TV sister station, KUED; select PBS programming; telecourses from the University of Utah; and GED and essential workplace skills training. more>>

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