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LOS ANGELES — Plans to equip 650,000 Los Angeles Unified School District students, teachers and principals with iPads, is now delayed. The Los Angeles County School Board continues to disagree on issues such as contracts, web security and curriculum, and has voted to temporarily scale back the iPad initiative.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Unified School District has unveiled a new system intended to keep the nation’s second-largest school district up to date on maintenance issues throughout its 800 campuses.
The district is the first to create a maintenance smart phone application for students, faculty and staff. The user sends in a photo of the maintenance issue to IBM Maximo software, which manages the district’s physical assets and work orders. From there, the district’s facilities crews assess the situation and come up with a response.
The Cannon VB-C60 camera system is used to monitor a variety of settings, from small retail shops to large facilities, both indoor and outdoor. In addition to its 40x optical-zoom capability, the genuine Cannon lens in the VB-C60 IP camera also provides a horizontal field of view up to 56 degrees. Featuring wide panning ranges of up to 170 degrees, the unit is ideal for observing a large area when using a single installation. Equipped with high-sensitivity progressive-scan CCD, the camera delivers valid image quality, even in limited-light situations, according to the company.
Read moreVicon Industries Inc. added the S10-CH mini camera to its line of video surveillance systems. The color camera has a digital slow-shutter lens, pan and tilt drive, CPU-based electronics and receiver. The lens has a 3.8 to 38 millimeter auto iris varifocal lens and 100x zoom functionality. The camera can be surface-mounted and used outdoors.
Read moreGE Security Inc. introduced two analog, fixed-dome cameras to its CamPlus 2 line. The cameras can perform in high and low light, rotate 360 degrees and tilt 9 degrees. Both models are available in a polycarbonate bubble to make it vandal resistant, according to the company. The cameras can be wall, ceiling or pendant mounted and the DR2 can be flush mounted. Images are in wide-dynamic range, which combines images for a single frame of optimized, high-resolution film.
Read moreVicon Industries Inc. introduces the I-Onyx Series of IP cameras. Powered by ViconNet software, the series consists of three models: the VN-855, a high-resolution model; the VN-855DN, a day/night version; and the VN-855 wide dynamic range model. All three can deliver up to 30 fps across a network.
The series provides color images with a resolution of up to 540 TV lines and uses MPEG-4 compression that enables simultaneous transmission of multi-channel video across the LAN and WAN to recorders and workstations.
Read moreToshiba introduces the IK-WB02A IP network camera, which comes with a 24 VAC power supply, a 6-inch universal mount and a choice between a 2.9-8.0-mm or 5.0-50.0-mm Fuji lens.
Designed for security applications in schools, government facilities and businesses, the camera features power over Ethernet capability, two-way audio and built-in motion detection. The product can interface with new and existing systems using network video-out and RJ 45 connections.
Read moreBradley Corp. is expanding its line of eyewash solutions with the new OneStep bottle eyewash. The eyewash provides immediate first-aid relief because it is ready to use in one motion.
The patented design allows the user to simply pull the bottle from the wall-mounted station and use it to quickly rinse the affected eye area. The bottle top is suspended from the holder and there is no turning, twisting or unscrewing required to open it. The station has a slim profile for mounting within reach of any hazard.
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