Rob Hyde

  • 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    

  • 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...

  • 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.  ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Movement of AGN Suite - 3 West

    As part of the refurbishment process of 1 West, unfortunately we have to seal off the AGN Suite in 3W4.1. This is to allow for the removal of asbestos from the remainder of 1 West. We have arranged to move...

  • New piece of test furniture

    We've been given a prototype piece of furniture to test. It's a charging station / standing work zone. There are 12 USB charging points in the top, and it is either wired or battery operated. It's going to live in...

  • Lecture Capture service

    It's now been confirmed, the University's personalised rebranding of Lecture Capture service is complete. The platform is accessible from here: http://uniofbath.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Default.aspx The supporting documents are available here: http://www.bath.ac.uk/bucs/services/audiovisual/lecturecapture/ Please let us know if there's anything else that we can help...