SmartBoards

Incremental upgrades to existing products, coupled with a major transition to a new touch-sensitivity technology, were the hallmark of SmartTECH's 2003 NAB booth.

Rear-projection SmartBoards are now being shipped with new system for sensing the presence of markers, erasers and human hands. Four motion-sensing cameras, installed in the corners of the screen, record the positions of objects touching the screen in two dimensions and relay the information back to the computer via a serial cable. The previous approach used a membrane to create an electrical connection along a transparent grid when a user pressed a point on the screen.