BROOMALL, Pa. — March 29, 2011 — For the first time, Hifi House Commercial AV, one of the area’s most respected commercial audio visual systems integrators, has taken Haivision’s Makito and VF Furnace to a higher education application. Nursing students at Neumann University in Aston, Pa. now benefit from Haivision’s Makito and Furnace’s abilities to stream training sessions of maternity, ER, pediatric, and advanced procedures live in HD, while also recording the videos to be archived and later retrieved anywhere on campus. /

Located in the simulation lab’s control room, the Haivision Makito is the encoder that delivers 1080p60 HD VoIP H.264 video throughout the classrooms. This product in tandem with the Haivision VF Furnace enables both live and prerecorded IP video broadcasts. The images for the broadcast of the simulation are captured in the lab by two HD cameras to produce two different angles. The cameras are controlled by the instructor and have the ability to pan, tilt, and zoom. Two ceiling-mounted microphones pick up the students’ interactions, and a 32-inch flat panel mounted display provides students the vital sign information. The control room for the entire lab is separated through a glass window allowing the instructor to observe the mock procedure and the students’ proper utilization of the technology.

All of these moving parts are streamlined by the instructor’s 19-inch CyberTouch touch panel and a Crestron control system simplifying the operation and making it more user-friendly. The two camera sources and the vital signs are combined and displayed on the touch panel to produce a single video recorded stream. “To live stream and record nursing simulations in HD offers significant benefits to students at Neumann University,” says Jon Robbins, President of Hifi House Professional. “These benefits are realized in preparing students for the real life work environment and providing them with the right tools to be a success in their field. Haivision’s Makito and VF Furnace are the nervous system that makes Neumann’s nursing simulation labs tick. Haivision is the most robust solution in the market and now the students in the nursing program at Neumann are uniquely positioned with these state-of-the-art audio and visual technologies to aid in their training education and give instructors better tools to produce the best nurses.”

For pictures of this modern classroom visit our flickr account. For media inquiries, please contact Jaime Kenworthy at (610)228-2114, (610)357-6675 (mobile), write to Jaime@GregoryFCA.com or visit Hifi House Commercial AV for more information.