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Article: `Tech Toys' turn conference rooms into playgrounds: High-tech meeting rooms address demand for accessibility. (Special Report: Office Tech).
- Article from:
- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- January 14, 2002
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Ten years ago, office conference rooms were considered boring, tedious places. Basically they served as a quiet spot to conduct meetings, presentations, and the occasional teleconference.
Times have changed. The technology explosion has transformed conference rooms into virtual playgrounds for today's high-powered executives, enabling them to easily monitor and control every conceivable electronic and mechanical feature in the room.
"A typical conference room 10 years ago had an overhead projector and transparencies used for presentations, with maybe a camera on a tripod and a simple projection screen used for teleconferences," said Jackie Jennings, ...