Luidia to Demonstrate New eBeam Edge for Education Interactive Whiteboard at BETT 2010

Luidia, Inc., the award-winning developer of eBeam® interactive whiteboard technology, will be showcasing the eBeam Edge for Education, a lightweight, portable interactive whiteboard at BETT 2010 on Stand F108 in the Grand Hall. Luidia will also announce its partnership with Britannica, provider of world-class reference materials for the classroom.

The newest portable interactive whiteboard system - eBeam® Edge for Education

• The eBeam Edge for Education allows users to transform any projection area -- such as a wall or a whiteboard -- into an interactive teaching space. The eBeam Edge can be shared among classrooms, which is both convenient and cost effective for smaller schools..
• After the great success of its predecessor, eBeam Projection, Luidia launches the eBeam Edge. The ultraportable eBeam Edge weighs less than 200 grams and is about the size of an iPod. New features include an ergonomic stylus with an ultra-responsive sensor for a realistic writing and drawing experience and a magnetic mounting system that allows the receiver to be placed in exactly the same location every time.
• The eBeam Edge comes with a new 2.3 version of the eBeam Interact software which includes all of the standard BECTA interactive whiteboard features, Interact also offers innovative features such as free meeting sharing and a Flickr®-integrated Gallery search. The iconic eBeam Tool Palette provides educators with intuitive tools to enliven lessons and presentations.
• A major advantage to all of the eBeam systems (including the Edge for Education) is the ability to record regular marker notes from any dry wipe whiteboard back to a computer. This is ideal for schools that don’t have money for projectors yet, but still want to create digital content.

New partnership for more interactive education

Britannica now available in the eBeam Interact software: Luidia has partnered with Encyclopedia Britannica to bring its Ultimate Reference Suite to eBeam users. The Ultimate Reference Suite provides a rich library of multimedia content that can be used to enliven lessons including 31,000 image, audio and video files.

Other features include:

• Britannica Classics (articles from famous Britannica contributors)
• The Britannica BrainStormer interactive tool for discovering new ideas and relationships between topics;
• Book of the Year (a review of annual events)
• World Atlas including more than 2,600 maps
• Merriam-Webster® Collegiate and Student Dictionaries Thesauruses and Spanish-English Translation Dictionary

These new features will be presented during the show. The Luidia team will be present at stand F108 in the Grand Hall and be available to lead interested parties through a presentation and demonstration. Please contact Sylviane Stoddart or Amélie Ravier to set up a meeting.