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NEC Display Solutions unveils multi-touch large format displays
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EC Display Solutions Europe has announced the addition of innovative ShadowSense™ touch technology to five displays in its Professional (P) Series large format range available in sizes from 40- to 80-inches. The displays bring the high performance, brightness and feature set that customers expect from NEC’s flagship large format range together with up to six simultaneous touch points for multi-touch applications.
Unlike other optical systems, ShadowSense™ touch technology uses high performance sensors, which means it works in bright ambient light conditions and delivers optimum performance, stability and accuracy. This makes the displays ideal for around-the-clock usage in busy environments that require reliable multi-touch technology. A key use of the displays is for interactive retail signage, way finding or self-service kiosks in shopping centres, fast-food restaurants, airports, cinema complexes and more. Additionally, in the education and corporate sectors the displays are a natural fit for meeting or classrooms requiring an interactive whiteboard to drive engagement and participation. "Consumers are increasingly touch focused – from our smartphones and tablets through to interactive whiteboards in meeting rooms and self-service kiosks in fast-food restaurants and leisure venues. This factor is rapidly driving touch functionality in the digital display market," said Daniela Dexheimer, Product Manager Solutions at NEC Display Solutions Europe. "Our new P Series large format displays incorporate ShadowSense™ touch technology for multi-touch capabilities that businesses can rely on to provide accurate results 24/7."
The displays are built with an extremely robust design including full-tempered protective glass. An anti-reflective coating delivers optimum readability in bright lighting conditions whilst reliable results are guaranteed thanks to the displays’ ability to cope with wear and scratches. The NEC ShadowSense™ touch displays will allow fine tuning of the touchscreen parameters to suit specific customer requirements and application uses. Users can integrate various OPS modules to enhance the flexibility of the touch displays, as well as secure future functionality through the ability to upgrade the power of the display at any time, without the need for external cables or devices. Plus, the Plug & Play feature for all major operation systems means no calibration or driver installation is required. In line with NEC’s Green Vision, the displays offer a power saving mode, and can be programmed to ‘wake up’ on touch input for further power management.
Furthermore, users can perform automatic functional tests to determine if there are any problems with the touch display, for full of peace of mind that they will continue performing around the clock.
Great Results for New Education Centre
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new education centre which supports schoolchildren aged six to 18 is celebrating an exceptional first year. Kip McGrath in Barnsley only opened last year but students from across Barnsley have been accessing specialist support in maths, English, science and modern languages. The centre has created nine part time jobs.
Catherine Walton, a former tutor at Kirklees College, seized the franchise opportunity last year and has been building the business ever since.
She has been receiving support from Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre as part of the Enterprising Barnsley programme.
“The marketing support I’ve received through the Enterprising Barnsley programme has been very useful,” explained Catherine, who is currently supporting 60 students with individually tailored learning programmes. “I’ve been able to specifically target my marketing at parents and local schools and enquiries are increasing every week. “The lesson plans we create are based around an individual student’s strengths and weaknesses and lessons are a mix of traditional and online study. Children tend to make twice or three times the amount of progress they would make if they didn’t attend.”
Kevin Steel, Business Development Manager at Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre, said: “Catherine is developing the franchise very quickly and it has excellent further growth potential. To be able to create nine new jobs in little over a year is fantastic.
“This kind of approach to extra-curricular tutoring is new to the Barnsley area and parents and schools are clearly seeing the benefits. Some of the early results achieved by her students have been remarkable.”
Charity helps schools gear up for Big Yellow Friday B
ig Yellow Friday, the national awareness and fundraising day for Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) has proved increasingly popular with schools over the past couple of years. Now the charity has put together a special online toolkit to make it as easy as possible for schools to join in the fun and maximise their fundraising for next year’s event (Friday March 6 2015). CLDF is the only national charity dedicated to fighting all childhood liver diseases and relies on community fundraising for the majority of its income. Big Yellow Friday sees individuals, groups, workplaces and schools around the country undertaking all kinds of yellow themed activity in order to raise much-needed funds. Since its launch in 2008, the event has raised over £450,000 for the charity. But with next year’s target set at £100,000, CLDF is keen for as many schools as possible to get involved.
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“Big Yellow Friday is a popular event for schools and colleges because it’s simple to organise – a Wear Something Yellow Day or yellow cake sale for example – and it supports a children’s charity,” said CLDF’s Head of Fundraising, Joanna Oldfield. “Sometimes a school decides to take part because one of their pupils has a liver disease but with senior schools in particular we find that pupils are often encouraged to take part in fundraising initiatives and prefer to support a smaller charity. “The theme gives pupils the freedom to be as creative in their fundraising as they wish and the cause – supporting other young people affected by a serious long term health condition – is something we find pupils can relate to,” continues Joanna. “We want to make it as simple as possible for schools to join in.” The Big Yellow Friday Schools Kit which
www.education-today.co.uk
includes promotional material, lesson resources, a presentation and a host of fundraising ideas is available at
www.bigyellowfriday.org/Ideas--materials. For more information on CLDF visit
childliverdisease.org
October 2014
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