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Article: Electronics for Imaging EBeam and Virtual Ink Mimio.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
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- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD KITS
How many times have you looked back on a meeting and wished you'd taken better notes? Electronic whiteboards can help by recording the scribbling of you and your colleagues, but they're expensive and too heavy to tote from room to room. Virtual Ink's Mimio and Electronics for Imaging's EBeam address both of these issues: the units cost $995 and $799, respectively, fit inside a briefcase, and attach to any conventional whiteboard with dimensions up to 1.2x2.4m.
Both products use sonic receivers to track movements on a conventional whiteboard. Regular marker pens fit into special holders that emit a very faint buzzing sound at a ...