Looks at the latest tools for trainers such as laptop computers, fold-up overhead projectors, LCD panels with built-in computers, and digital converters. Suggests that these products can make training portable by combining functions in single pieces of equipment and allowing trainers to make last-minute adjustments to their programs. (JOW)

In this article, the author has taken a little excursion back in time to illustrate the importance of two vital concepts in the minds of smart IT project managers, when they begin to consider smart-classroom installations and implementations, and the technologies they will choose. Those watchwords are: "standardization" and "boring." Certainly,…

This article illustrates how the overhead projector can be used as a light source in some peculiar ways for physics demonstrations. Five examples are included: (1) Study of chromatic aberration; (2) Making giant Newton's rings; (3) Comparison of the rate of heat absorption by different surfaces; (4) Demonstration of greenhouse effect; and (5)…

Lots of things have changed since the baby boomers began overfilling postwar schoolhouses in the 1950s. The sparkling new buildings erected across the United States to handle the population surge have lost their luster, and in many cases, their functionality. This is not new information; in a 1995 General Accounting Office report, nearly half of…

A report of the first study conducted by a committee of film library directors on evaluation of film. (HB)

Describes the construction of a projector assembly which can be used for both stereo- and time-lapse projection. (Author/GS)

EQUIPMENT USING A TRANSLUCENT SCREEN AND REAR PROJECTION HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO PROJECT MOTION PICTURES IN DAYLIGHT (DAYLIGHT PROJECTION). FILMS CAN BE SHOWN REPEATEDLY WHEN FORMED INTO A FILM LOOP (CONTINUOUS LOOP PROJECTION). DAYLIGHT PROJECTION AND CONTINUOUS LOOP PROJECTION WERE USED TO INVESTIGATE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS--(1) ARE FILM LOOP…

A detailed discussion on how to repair tripod screens. (HB)

"Bell & Howell has developed a highly versatile cartidge projector system for cine and super 8mm formats. Because Bell & Howell believes that standardization is an important factor in the development of a cartridge system, it has built in a flexibility which will allow this standardization. (Author)

Brief review of the new types of projection equipment on the market. (Author)

The last in this journal's series of articles introducing 8mm cartridges. In this installment, Eastman Kodak describes its product. (LS)

Describes the history of projectors, images, and variations of projection, and uses in still projection. (CMV)