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Barco company magazine • 8 Next stop: London Opening doors together The future of networked visualization Surgery on the network red.content 36 COVER STORY Download Next stop: London 14 14 our free red. magazine app 12 places to be in 2012 2 Opening doors together 22 Barco joins forces with IP Video Systems Caring for patient comfort 26 Clinical information and entertainment at the bedside Frame rate frenzy 32 22 45 5 things you need to know about high frame rates Surgery on the network 36 The fully networked digital operating room The future of networked visualization 45 Efficiency, flexibility, cost-effectiveness … and the death of TV 32 18 39 26 red. | Table of contents Welcome Dear reader, This issue of red. magazine represents a new mobile reality, which enables us to hold a world of information in the palm of our hand. With mobile computing capabilities rapidly penetrating our private and corporate lives, we opted to have our magazine go virtual too. This limited print version of our first iPad edition celebrates the transition from paper to digital. From now on, you will be able to explore every article – online or on your iPad – complete with links to exclusive videos and the latest stories. 3 Devoted to a new way of sharing and organizing information, this issue’s technology news focuses on collaboration over the IP network. We will take a closer look at how networked collaboration opens up new possibilities for driving knowledge and efficiency and how it helps us to create a competitive advantage. We will also introduce the newest members of the Barco family: IP Video Systems and JAOtech. Whether in the hospital or control room, we are committed to investing in innovative, collaborative technology platforms. Our ‘City Special’ takes you to London – where, for the past four years, 70,000 volunteers Whether in the hospital or have worked on over 1,000 projects to bring people from all over the world together control room, we are committed during the Olympic summer. It just goes to show that collaboration is truly everywhere. to investing in innovative, Happy reading, collaborative technology Eric Van Zele platforms. ” Table of contents | red. Building on safer, more efficient and greener 4 air traffic Everyone who comes Half of the world’s air traffic management in is blown away by the centers rely on Thales technology, making image quality and leaves the group by far the most important sup- the building wondering plier for this market. To uphold its leading position, Thales Australia has recently moved how they might use this its R&D team to a brand-new Centre for Ad- Barco solution in their own vanced Studies in Air Traffic Management company. (CASIA) in Melbourne. A Barco LED video wall is the heart of the center’s innovation lab. Grant Williams, Innovation Manager, CASIA, Australia www.barco.com/traffic red. | Case study ” Of all the industry standard systems, the Coronis Fusion 6MP DL was the most suitable for us. I regard it as the best in the world. Dr. Mathew Cherian, head radiology KMCH, India Caring better together 5 Barco has become a household name at the 700-bed Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) in Coimbatore, India. Dr. Mathew Cherian, head of the radiology department, chose Barco’s Coronis Fusion 6MP DL displays for their high quality and their versatility when visualizing 3D, grayscale and color images at the same time. After successfully testing the Coronis Fusion in practice, KMCH decided to order Barco’s clinical review displays, Nio 5MP display systems for mammography and ” the MD-4221, a 42-inch surgical display. “We are planning to equip all our operating theaters with this HD LCD display, in order to further optimize our working processes,” said Dr. Cherian. www.barco.com/healthcarewww.barco.com/healthcare Case study | red. New touch screen display series for naval and shelter A flexible family applications The new compact TC display series combines excellent image quality with easy handling (touch control) and a ro- bust design, making it perfectly suited for both naval and shelter applications. www.barco.com/defense 6 The Coronis Fusion family is growing! Now available with 4MP, 6MP or 10MP resolution, the Coronis Fusion diagnostic displays help you read more images, faster. The seamless 30-inch workspace can be used as one wide- screen desktop or two seamless heads, raising the bar for workflow efficiency in the reading room. www.barco.com/healthcarewww.barco.com/healthcare red. | Product news BRIGHTNESS This iPad is calibrated! EXTRA MediCal QAWeb Mobile is a software 33 tool for visual calibration and Quality Assurance for your iPad. In just 8 steps, LED POWER CONSUMPTION you will be able to review – and even 33 diagnose from – DICOM-quality images POWER C on your tablet. ONSUMPTION LESS www.barco.com/healthcarewww.barco.com/healthcare The brightest LED video walls got even brighter! 7 Try it! When it comes to brightness, Barco LED video walls have always led the pack. Now, with the Download the free introduction of 3rd generation LEDs, we’re taking another important step forward – boosting trial version from brightness levels by no less than 33%. the App Store. The newly introduced 3rd generation LEDs in our complete range of liquid-cooled LED video walls increase brightness levels to meet – and even exceed – lamp-based video walls. This significantly enhances operator viewing comfort and further expands the usability of LED video walls. Additionally, when operating at today’s standard brightness levels, the new LEDs con- sume 33% less power than the previous generation, which helps companies to reduce their ecological footprint. The enhanced brightness is particularly important for the OLS series of 3D video walls, because it partially compensates for the traditional loss in brightness caused by 3D goggles. www.barco.com/cool Product news | red. “Let’s do something round and big!” said Israeli artist and architect Ron Arad when the director of London’s Roundhouse arts venue asked him to in the round create an installation for the venue’s birthday. It took the ingenuity of a smart design team, the technical ex- pertise of Blitz Communications, and 12 Barco RLM-W8 projectors to bring Arad’s design idea to life. 8 London’s Roundhouse arts venue began life in 1846 as a true ‘roundhouse’: a circular building where steam engines were repaired. Over the years, it has served as a liquor warehouse, a theater space, and a venue for legendary concerts. Arad wanted to celebrate the round form of the building while creating a venue in which people would be immersed in images. Download our The result is Curtain Call – a giant, suspended, app and get circular installation made of 5,600 translucent a taste of the silicon rods that form a 360° screen. The spectacle at London work of Arad’s favorite artists, musicians and Roundhouse. friends are visualized on the rods. red. | Case study Realizing a vision Versatile and quiet A great journey When Barco heard about Arad’s ambitious Barco’s RLM-W8 three-chip DLP WUXGA “I had an idea of how it was going to look, project, it contacted Blitz Communications, projectors proved to be the best fit thanks but the end result has far exceeded my one of the UK’s leading providers of audio- to their precise colors, high image quality expectations. It has been a great journey!” 9 visual equipment and a trusted Barco partner and flawless, quiet operation. Hutton: “The Ron Arad commented. Curtain Call ran in the for over 10 years. Paul Hutton, Managing projectors had to behave well in portrait Roundhouse throughout August 2011. Due to Director: “Barco suggested we tackle the mode with the lamp oriented its overwhelming success, the organizers are challenge together. While Arad knew exactly in an unconventional now thinking about travelling around the what he wanted, he didn’t know how to position. They per- world with the exhibition. achieve it technically. We promised to deliver formed flawlessly the projection and content delivery system for 13 hours a day www.barco.com/curtaincall he needed.” for 31 days – a true testament to their versatility and reliability! Plus, the ‘most silent projector’ marketing claim is really true. That was crucial, as it let the visitors really concentrate on the videos and artwork.” Case study | red. Powering up your stage Barco has recently added a new member to its HDX family of three-chip DLP event projectors: the HDX-W18 has the advanced image processing capabilities, compact design, easy servicing, and preview mode features of its W12 and W14 cousins, while clocking in at 17,500 lumens. Thanks to its Xenon illumination and high-contrast optical engine, the projector reproduces rich colors, presenting audiences with crisp and vivid images on every occasion. What’s more, the simple user interface allows you to set up your projector in no time. Finally, the HDX-W18 offers easy control through smart phones and tablet computers. 4K brightness HDX-W18 in virtual reality 10 • Three-chip DLP event projector • 17,500 lumens • WUXGA resolution The three-chip Galaxy 4K DLP projec- • ImagePRO inside tors are a perfect fit for VR applications • Only five building blocks that require the highest resolution, sol- • Wireless control id color and brightness uniformity, and brilliant 3D, at a low TCO. www.barco.com/virtualreality www.barco.com/entertainment red. | Product news Image processing just got simpler again Why ImagePRO-II? • Best-in-class scaling • Low latency • Fastest source acquisition • Familiar user interface • Roadworthy design 11 With the new ImagePRO-II, Live events without signal converting, switching and scaling just got simpler again.