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  • Rob Hyde
    January 16, 2015

    New gaming product - New ZX Spectrum

    Does anyone remember the start of the home computer market in the 1980's? It's been announced this week that the ZX Spectrum is going to make a comeback! Although it will not work the same way as the old computer,...

  • Rob Hyde
    January 11, 2015

    New Music Player

    Bose have released a new version of their music player - Wave System 3. https://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/home-and-personal-audio/wave-systems/wave-music-systems/wave-music-system-iii/?dc=large&brochure_dc=8aa3840335aeeb9c0135bdf4ec12173c It offers DAB/FM/AM radio reception, onscreen text information, and options for Internet radio, smartphone apps, tablet, music from your computer. It can turn the Wave...

  • Rob Hyde
    December 19, 2014

    New proposed technology - Cicret bracelet

    Cicret are hoping to develop a bracelet that will include a micro projector and transducer that will allow for an arm to be a screen to work with. More information is here: http://earthweareone.com/this-bracelet-can-turn-your-arm-into-a-touchscreen/ and: http://www.cicret.com/wordpress/?page_id=17920    

  • Rob Hyde
    December 18, 2014

    Christmas Break Maintenance

    There have been some maintenance activities happening all over campus during this Christmas break. UniHall has been reprogrammed to address some of the programming quirks. 8W1.28 has had some issues with the feet on the work tables. 2 have been...

  • Rob Hyde
    December 16, 2014

    Teaching Space Update

    Over the last few days some of the teaching spaces have had upgrades. 2E1.14 now has new controllers for the projectors. Uni Hall has had its lectern serviced in preparation for the update. CB5.4 has had its lectern serviced.  ...

  • Rob Hyde
    November 24, 2014

    Lecture Capture system upgrade

    Our Re:View system has now been upgraded by Panopto. The new features include: Videos and live webcasts captured using Panopto 4.7 no longer require Silverlight to view. Instead, videos will be streamed using either Flash or HTML5 depending on the...

  • Mel Carrol
    November 10, 2014

    GaffGun™

    Introducing GaffGun™. The single greatest advancement in gaffer's tape since the tape was invented.

  • Rob Hyde
    November 7, 2014

    Re:View Lecture Capture Upgrade

    In a few weeks the Server for our lecture capture system is going to be updated to a new version (v 4.7). It is not a fundamental change, but is to bring some enhanced functionality. The major benefit will be...

  • Rob Hyde
    November 6, 2014

    University Hall - New Pens

    As part of the ongoing developments for University Hall, we've been able to source a new brand of Whiteboard Pen to allow for better viewing ability in the large teaching spaces. These have a large size nib. If these are...

  • Rob Hyde
    November 5, 2014

    New Technology - Laser Holograms

    Aerial Burton has used a plasma laser to float a 3D image in mid-air. At the moment it's very early in the development cycle, but it shows that light can be viewed without the need to bounce it off a...