RealTime Health
realtimehealth.com is exciting new startup offering video health information on a wide range of health conditions and illnesses including Heart Disease, Depression, Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. Activities have included:

• Project Management
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Compression of over 300 video clips using the On2 VP6 video compression codec for Adobe Flash

Temporary Exhibition Controller
DVD players can be problematic in a temporary (or permanent) exhibition environment because few, if any, domestic DVD players are able to startup automatically when power is applied to the gallery either manually or via a timer. This is one of the features that differentiates Industrial DVD Players from cheaper consumer models. However the Temporary Exhibition Controller, originally developed for the Nick Cave exhibition produced by Two Feathers for the Victorian Arts Centre can learn the power on and play commands for a consumer player and automatically send them when power is applied. If the disc has been authored to auto-start then simply sending the power command will cause playback to commence. If the disc has a menu then after a suitable delay the controller can send the play command in addition to the power command, or in order to playback the default programme.

The controller saves staff time during the morning walkaround and allows more flexbility when designing or retro-fitting AV equipment within an exhibition. It can be customised with up to 16 commands to control additional devices such as monitors and sound systems (in fact any AV component with an infra-red remote control) or integrated with touch switches or other sensors.

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Australian Centre for the Moving Image
The following consulting assignments have been completed for this innovative new cultural institution that is "devoted to the moving image in all its forms":

• Conceptual Design: Audio-visual and multimedia control and delivery systems.
• Tender Evaluation: ACMI Media Platform
• Plasma Screen Tender: Technical Evaluation and Vendor Shortlist
• Creation of the ACMI Web Streaming Strategy: Strategy, Evaluation and Implementation Report
• Data Projector Evaluation - a side-by-side shootout over 2 days comparing 8 shortlisted video projectors

Curriculum Corporation Online Video Content Delivery Research Project

• This long term assignment examines all aspects of the delivery of educational video content online including codec selection, content management, content delivery strategies and authoring tools. The assignment includes the development of a series of whitepapers, presentation of workshops and the development of exemplar content. A component of the assignment may also illuminate video issues associated with The Learning Federation, an online curriculum content initiative of the Curriculum Corporation and education.au
  The Video in the Classroom whitepapers can be view here: Video in the Classroom whitepapers

RAAF Museum, RAAF Williams, Point Cook Victoria

• Upgrade 7 channels of video playback from CD-I to Alcorn McBride DVM including MPEG-1 video compression.
• Create touchscreen interactive presentation in Macromedia Director incorporating hundreds of photos from the RAAF historical archives.
• Create Audio-Visual programme comprising still images, archival footage from the RAAF and the Australian War Memorial (Canberra) and location footage.

Jewish Museum of Australia

• This engagement required us to assess the current status of, and future options for the popular interactive multimedia exhibits at this Museum. Sources of system instability were researched and documented and recommendations were provided as to the most effective approach for the migration of the custom Macromedia Director software applications to newer Mac or PC hardware. A microcontroller was programmed with a test suite to facilitate robust off-site "stress-testing" of each interactive - simulating many days of continuous use in the museum environment.

Lilford Smith - ScienceWorks

• Lilford Smith were engaged as consultants by Museum Victoria to develop an exhibition concept design for a new exhibition at Scienceworks. Michael Borthwick Consulting acted as sub-consultants to assist in the development of concepts for the use of multimedia in this project.

Study tour of multimedia systems in cultural institutions

• Inspected control rooms at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York), Museum of the American Indian (New York) (courtesy of Dataton Australia and Scharff Weisberg NYC) and the Apollo/Saturn V Discovery Center at Kennedy Space Center (courtesy of NASA).
• Visited Arizona Science Center, Wright Brothers Memorial (North Carolina), Smithsonian Natural History and Air & Space Museum (Washington).
• VIP guest of NASA for launch of Space Shuttle STS-90 (NeuroLab).

Tribal

• Contracted to act as producer of the Speaking From Experience web site. The site features QuickTime video clips from each title in the series. QuickTime 3 or better required to replay the Sorenson Pro compressed via. [Download Quicktime].
• Project management of the Beta Version (public release; 8,000 copies) and Alpha release (Version 1 00Q3; 16,000 copies) of NHP E-Cat CD-ROM catalogue of over 25,000 electrical products.
• Project management of VicRoads Virtual Reality Braking Simulation - a web based 3D VRML world allowing real time exploration of the relationship between speed, road condition and braking distance.

Australian Teachers of Media
Technical Production and Direction of this prestigious gala awards evening:

• 2004 Awards - Greater Union Cinemas, Russell St Melbourne, hosted by Brian Nankervis
• 2003 Awards - ACMI Cinema 2, Melbourne, hosted by the Scared Wierd Little Guys
• 2002 Awards - Rivoli Cinema, Camberwell, hosted by Red Symonds
• 2001 Film, Television, Multimedia and Radio Awards
• 2000 Film, Television and Multimedia Awards
• 1999 Film, Television and Multimedia Awards
• 1998 Film and Television Awards, Melbourne Convention and Entertainment Centre, hosted by Lano and Woodley
• 1997 Australian Multimedia Awards

Eventures Australia

• March/April 2000 Toyota Sales Awards Multimedia Co-ordinator and Stage Manager
• Audio-Visual Multimedia System Design and Stage Management of Dairy Farmers Business Seminar and Gala Awards evening touring Sydney, Brisbane and Cairns during August - September 1998.
• Eventures AV Technical Design and Stage Management of Peugeot Dealer Conference, Sydney, November 1998
• Created Eventures web site at www.eventures.com.au