A white box with a touch screen on the outside cover that lets heart patients make video calls with their clinicians may prove the basis for an emerging home health market.

Aetna releases preliminary results of a joint study with Intel showing chronic heart failure patients who use a remote health management system (with an in-home patient device, the Intel Health Guide PHS6000) avoided some hospital stays and increased their independence from hospitals.

The service combines Intel’s PHS6000 with its online platform that allows cl Read more...

Imago Group plc will manage the launch and distribution of FaceVsion’s HD video camera to Skype video conferencing users throughout the UK and France.

The TouchCam N1 from FaceVsion is the only webcam currently available with an embedded H.264 encoder certified by Skype. This compression algorithm is essential to ensure the camera is fully HD capable.

The TouchCam also has an autofocus wide angle lens with 78 degree at 720p delivering a wide viewing angle which broadens the scope for multi-participant conferences, previously difficult Read more...

Polycom calls it the most sophisticated conferencing system in the market today.

Dubbed the OTX, Polycom’s newest Telepresence Experience is just plain AWESOME!

With a newly designed, more contemporary look, the new OTX solution includes embedded preview monitors for presentation content or document collaboration that slide up from inside the tables (on both ends), connection ports inside the tables and separate displays for VTC and document content.

Go Our Sister Publication rAVe NOW made this video in an OTX room at InfoComm Read more...

ClearOne launches the VIEW platform, what they say is a new line of IP-based HD audio/video distribution and control network products based on its patented StreamNet technology.

The VIEW solution claims to offer functionality beyond just AV distribution- it also provides source control, a GUI - graphical user interface-, sensor and relay control-- all user controllable and programmable.

Distributing AV over IP is an obvious transition in our market and one that rAVe's been saying is coming for a few years, and the ClearOne's VIEW has what Read more...