By Don Patzsch, Tampa PC Users Group
patzsch@helios.acomp.usf.edu

On July 11, 2002 Audio Visual Innovations University 2002 was held at the Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, north of Tampa. This is an elegant Technology Expo. Free gourmet breakfast and lunch.

I attended the Emerging Technologies presentation in the Royal Palm West. The presenter had a radio microphone and a very good projector that was connected only to a 110 volt a.c. outlet.

In the projector is a server. I think it was running Linux. The projector sends the presenter an email to show the remaining lamp life and other things. You may change the input to 16 or 32 bps at the podium via radio. The program is transmitted to the projector via radio. No need to go to the projector to check any connections or adjust any controls.

We were told about the newest RS-232 white boards and the 132 bit security that changes encryption data every few seconds. OTC wireless makes the radio equipment for the projector that was in use. Projector Pilot is the name of a setup to add radio to a projector that is older and has none of these functions.

Global Streams’ On Q software sends a presentation anywhere. Large corporations are now using IP telephony over the network. This saves long distance via phone lines. Gateway Products builds IP telephony gear.

I picked up perhaps 60 various pieces of literature on the latest and greatest white boards, projectors (I had no idea there were so many manufacturers of projectors now), wireless touch panels, multimedia processors, digital video processors, wireless videoconferencing document stands, etc. It will take weeks of examination of these brochures before I will be familiar with all the new equipment available. Perhaps you will want to attend the show next year. u