Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing

An Invitation To Try Out The Next Generation of Microphones

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:27:27 +0000

There is an old expression in videoconferencing: you can have a videoconference without video but you can’t have a videoconference without audio. Luckily, audio systems have progressed to the point where echos and feedback are not really a concern in designing and installing a system. However, mics continue to be a problem–where to run the [...]

Grant Assistance Programs for Education and Government

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:29:27 +0000

Each major videoconferencing vendor offers a program to help schools and colleges write grants to obtain equipment; see list below. Often these efforts will focus on the USDA’s RUS grant program, which is highly competitive but has also funded lots of I-TV/Distance Learning projects. Getting assistance in your grant writing effort is a good idea [...]

Making RS232 and other wired connections

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:20:48 +0000

There are a couple of ways to make RS232 and similar cables, either by soldering or crimping: Soldering is time consuming and can be difficult to do correctly, especially for the novice or those that don’t do it regularly. Moreover, problems with solder contacts sometimes don’t show up until years later, when a weak solder connection [...]

Installing short-throw Projectors in rooms with low ceilings.

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:59:55 +0000

Short throw projectors have a lot of advantages for most class and conference rooms: The short image throw allows for presenters to approach the screen without interfering with the image or having to look into the projection light. The short image throw also allows for several projectors to be placed in a small room, making it [...]

Videoconferencing 2.0 is here

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:25:05 +0000

Video communications has been around for years. Whether you consider the first viable videoconferencing system to be the system that AT&T’s debuted at the world’s fair in the late 60s, or Cornel’s CuSeeMe application, or the Polycom Viewstation, there is no doubt that the technology for interacting visually with a person or persons who are [...]