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SAN CARLOS, CA – May 1, 2007 – Luidia, Inc., a leading global provider of idea capturing technology and manufacturer of eBeam® interactive systems, announced today that NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc., a leading provider of innovative LCD displays, professional grade plasmas and projectors, and integrated display solutions, will utilize Luidia’s eBeam technology in its new line of interactive whiteboards. Designed for educators, NEC’s ImagineX IW77 Interactive Whiteboard integrates seamlessly into any classroom environment.
“The ImagineX IW77 offers powerful annotation and collaboration tools as well as excellent durability ,” said Ronald Murphy, Director of Worldwide Sales, Luidia, Inc. “Teachers and presenters can control the computer, run PowerPoint presentations, and annotate slides or documents by using the interactive stylus directly on the projected image.”
NEC’s ImagineX IW77 has the ability to annotate over any application and can save these files for students to take home. Its web collaboration feature gives teachers the ability to broadcast and share materials over the Internet or network in real-time. The new whiteboard’s mouse functionality makes it easy for users to control the desktop directly from the board with just a stylus pen, while the PowerPoint Palette allows annotation of and navigation from slide presentations. The SCRAPBOOK Application provides a digital workspace to record notes and import screen shots and other files.
“NEC has been a leader in providing display products to the education market for years so we are thrilled to offer the new interactive whiteboards to our customers” said Keith Yanke, Senior Product Line Manager, NEC Display Solutions. “The scalability and robustness of the eBeam technology has provided us with a great deal of flexibility in the design of the ImagineX IW77 resulting in a unique price performance solution.”
About NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc.
Headquartered in Itasca, Ill., NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc., is a leading provider of innovative LCD displays, professional grade plasmas
and projectors, and integrated display solutions. NEC Display Solutions develops leading-edge visual technology and customer-focused solutions for the
education, enterprise, government, professional, medical and digital signage markets. For more information, please call 1-866-NEC-MORE, or visit
http://www.necdisplay.com.
About Luidia
Luidia is a global provider of innovative idea-capturing systems for the education, distance learning, conferencing, audio/visual, and office products
markets. Award-winning Idea Capturing Technology™ provides users in education, corporate, and government environments with intuitive solutions by
converting analog communication tools into digital workspaces. Luidia combines ultrasound, infrared, and wireless technologies with powerful software
to provide easy-to-use, cost-effective collaboration and productivity solutions.
Whether creating portable products for the mobile professional, solutions for education and training, or embedded components for
OEM customers, Luidia delivers unparalleled engineering know-how, uncommon technical expertise, and the highest-quality products to corporate partners
in a myriad of vertical markets. Formerly a division of Electronics for Imaging (NASDQ: EFII), the world’s foremost maker of imaging solutions for
network printing, Luidia was incorporated in July 2003.
For more information contact:
Joe Tringali/Nicole Buono
(732) 758-1100
jtringali@mrb-pr.com
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