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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PRWEB) October 3, 2008 -- Hugh Aitken, VP European Operations at Sun Microsystems, will join speakers from Microsoft, Samsung, Nokia, Dell and other top companies at this year's eyefortransport Hi-Tech & Electronics Supply Chain Summit, taking place November 27-28 in Amsterdam.

Aitken believes, "If your supply chain next year, looks like your supply chain of last year...you're history!" To ensure no supply chain gets left behind, this year's top-level expert speakers will cover an extensive range of topics, specifically tailored to the needs of Hi-Tech & Electronics shippers.

Key topics include:

?    Reinvigorating your supply chain management

?    Streamlining your aftermarket supply chain

?    Best practices for outsourcing, low-cost country sourcing and near-shoring

?    Operating efficiently on a global scale

?    Managing your 3PL relationship

?    How the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) effects Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), and its impact on your supply chain

?    Benefitting from Greening your supply chain - bottom line results

?    Selecting technology - what products create real results

eyefortransport has also embraced Aitken's philosophy of adaptation and made key changes to the event format this year. Most significantly, supply chain executives from Hi-Tech & Electronics companies can gain complimentary passes to the Summit. These passes include full access to the speaking programs, networking events and even meals and accommodation. Only 100 of these exclusive passes are available, so interested executives should register now through the website: http://events.eyefortransport.com/hitech08/free_pass.shtml

Companies already confirmed to attend include Hewlett Packard? Dell?Microsoft?Siemens?Panasonic?Phillips?Bosch? Tyco Electronics Thermo Fisher?Getronics?Schneider Electric?Teliasonera?Polycom Global?Oce Technologies?and many more.

The Summit represents an invaluable opportunity to learn from top experts, network and share ideas with peers, build business partnerships and discuss pressing needs with solutions providers. This is the only industry event that focusses exclusively on issues specific to the Hi-Tech & Electronics Supply Chain, making it a crucial source of information for executives in this field.

Transport & logistics solution providers can also participate in the event as supporting partners. Interested companies should contact David Embelton, at the details below.

For more information about the Summit, contact Emma Miller at the details below, or visit the website: http://events.eyefortransport.com/hitech08/index.shtml.

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