mimio

mimio

Mimio is a brand name of a line of technology products aimed at the education market. The primary products are focused around computer whiteboard capture devices. Mimio devices also allow users to capture all of the ink strokes that are written on the whiteboard. When used in conjunction with a video projector it turns the ordinary whiteboard surface into a fully interactive whiteboard.

The product line was originally designed by Virtual Ink. On October 4, 2006 Newell Rubbermaid acquired the Mimio interactive whiteboard (iWB) product line.

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History

The first Mimio was introduced in 1997.

In November 2008, a Graphics tablet called Mimio Pad was launched under the Mimio brand. It comes with the most popular Mimio studio functions pre-programmed for ease of use. It uses 2.4 GHz wireless technology and has a range of 12m.

Technology

The Mimio interactive whiteboard is based upon a combination of Ultrasound and Infrared. Essentially ultrasonic pulses are timed as transmitted from the stylus and received at two points on the receiver. Through Trilateration the location of the stylus can be determined. Unlike traditional interactive board based technologies, such as Resistive Touch, the combination of ultrasound and infrared can scale from small whiteboard to very large ones. Furthermore up to 4 mimio bars can be added together to create a huge interactive whiteboard or wall.

See also

  • Mimeo (abbreviation of mimeograph) - a mechanical duplication device. The name mimio was likely chosen to evoke an association with this device.

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