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For additional info on Internet2, visit avtechnologyonline.com that can also be connected into the floor boxes and a Shure SLX4 wireless microphone system at the lectern, playing through Sonance S623T speakers built into the front wall, and two JBL Control 25 loudspeakers installed in the ceiling. The smaller meeting room has basic local presentation capabilities, equipped with another Mitsubishi XL25U projector, a Draper front screen, a Sony XRP-X 700P all-in-one digital powered mixer/switcher, and Sonance ceiling loudspeakers. This secondary room, says Clark, also provides space for overflow off the main room. “An input plate connects computers and portable video equipment, and tie-lines allow one-way overflow to the room from the matrixes in the main facility,” Clark describes. “In this way, it is possible to send the feed from a lecture in a remote location or from one of the cameras in the main room to the second smaller room for viewing.” As Dottin explains, “First, we transmitted collaborative experiments from the lab within the building to the Internet2 facility. Later, we used the highspeed Internet connection to transfer this bandwidth-intensive data from the microscope to the conference room and to manipulate the microscope remotely. Now, we can do real-time observations with a colleague at The Rockefeller University, here in New York City, where we’ve observed the microscope images being captured there in real time, from the facility here at Hunter.” The potential of this research facility will be fully realized when it routinely conducts videoconferenced collaborative experiments with other Internet2-participating institutions. Lijeron points out, “The process of becoming a certified Internet2 site and a member of the Internet2 Commons Group for videoconferencing required my certification as a ‘site coordinator,’ which I have recently accomplished, as well as a determination — based on the equipment in the facility — that this is a site capable of distributing and receiving data rapidly and reliably from other Internet2 sites.” Though the Gene Center’s Internet2 facility only officially opened in January 2008, its users already have some upgrades in mind, including the addition of high-definition cameras and displays capable of viewing cell structures in more detail. INFO CLEARONE: www.clearone.com CRESTRON: www.crestron.com DRAPER: www.draperinc.com EXTRON: www.extron.com JBL: www.jblpro.com MITSUBISHI: www.mitsubishi-presentations.com SHURE: www.shure.com SONANCE: www.sonance.com SONY: www.sony.com STEWART FILMSCREEN: www.stewartfilm.com TANDBERG: www.tandberg.net Janice Brown is a Brooklyn, NY-based freelance writer specializing in music and sound technology. She can be reached at jbcubicle@gmail.com. may 2008 | AV TECHNOLOGY | 59 http://www.avtechnologyonline.com http://www.clearone.com http://www.crestron.com http://www.draperinc.com http://www.extron.com http://www.jblpro.com http://www.mitsubishi-presentations.com http://www.shure.com http://www.sonance.com http://www.sony.com http://www.stewartfilm.com http://www.tandberg.net http://www.clearone.com http://www.clearone.com

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AV Technology - May 2008

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