LMC Studio @ UIOWA

21 July 2015 Dear Becky and Greg, I’m writing to thank you both for the hospitality and professional help you so generously provided, with me being just a visiting guest here at the University of Iowa. All the best to you Lea Lea Hagoel, Ph.D. Medical Sociologist Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology Faculty of Medicine, Technion, & Carmel Medical Center Haifa, Israel Project Notes…

Praise from BBC

Sam Farzaneh, BBC

“My name is Sam Farzaneh. I am a BBC journalist based in Washington DC. I want to say thank you for helping us, gathering material from some old VHS tapes. With what you did, we were able to air the report about Magda Montiel Davis at the anniversary of her meeting with Fidel Castro. Thank you for your time and for converting those footage in the best way…

100 GB Database Converted Using 8-Core Computing System

I needed to convert the format of a very large file, and no commercial services in the area were able to do it.

I tried on my own reasonably high-end computer, but had no luck – even if my system didn’t crash, which it did, the job might have taken weeks to complete.

Greg Johnson of the DWLLC and LMC used a state of the art system and was able to get the job done in just a few days.

Many thanks…

2015 Japanese speech contest a great success!

Every year at the University of Iowa the Japanese Program hosts a speech contest that has been a very well organized and popular event.

Support for the event comes from multiple sponsors, and coordinating the event is a team effort that includes assistance from many people in the Division.

The Language Media Center helps provide equipment and support for the audio visual needs of the event.

The p…

In Praise of Excellent Service

We’re grateful for the following feedback received this week from Professor Philip Lutgendorf:

I always receive excellent service from the staff of the Language Media Center, especially in all aspects of technical support.

In recent months, Brianna Janssen Sánchezprovided invaluable assistance (sometimes, at night, from her home) with ICON support for a large, General Education lecture class I…

At the start of the Fall 2014 semester, I had the opportunity to work with Steve Warren in the Department of History as he was developing some exceptional multimedia presentations in the process of ‘flipping’ his course. This would allow students to listen to lectures according to their own schedules and at their own pace, with the ability to easily review materials at any time.

  I visited his…

Fulbright FLTA Videos Produced

In the spring of 2014, we recorded some video footage with plans to produce several short segments that convey the IOWA experience through the stories of three visiting Fulbright FLTA instructors. Below is the YouTube playlist of all three videos that were produced.

About The Videos

The Purpose. Our Fulbright FLTA instructors are an…

Video Produced for the Department of Psychology

A long-term project that we worked on in 2014 was a video on the prevention of postpartum depression produced in collaboration with Michael O’Hara of the Department of Psychology for use by the Marcé Society.

Much of the recording and groundwork for this project was completed in the Language Media Center facility of the Division of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures. Contributions to the…

WorldCanvass: Food for Thought Event (Video)

The three videos below, produced by UI Media Production, are from the WorldCanvass Food for Thought event on 20 January 2015.

  Topic: Food, Imagination, and the Power of Memory

Participants

Linda Snetselaar, UI associate provost for outreach and engagement

Lauren Rabinovitz, UI professor, Department of American Studies

Chuck…

Upgraded and Expanded Computing for 2015

In previous years, the studio was limited to four computers (two Windows and two Apple computers). As we head into 2015, we now have six high-end computers in the studio.

Windows Computers

The three Windows computers are the latest touch-screen-enabled Dell OptiPlex All-In-One computers with huge displays.

Dell Optiplex 9020 AIO Computers (2)

Dell Optiplex AIO 9030 Computer (1)

With extra ram…

Spring 2015 Scheduled Support Hours

Ian is available in The Studio during regular hours for the Spring 2015 semester.

For the Spring 2015 semester, support staff will be in the studio to provide assistance during the following hours.

Monday: 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Tuesday: 10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Wednesday: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Thursday: 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Friday: 12:30 pm – 5:30 pm

3D Printed Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures in Motion (Video)

Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures from Pier 9 on Vimeo.

These are 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light. The placement of the appendages is determined by the same method nature uses in pinecones and sunflowers. The rotation speed is synchronized to the strobe so that one flash occurs every time the sculpture turns 137.5º—the golden…

Two Koreas and Collaborative Distance Education

There are many benefits to being part of the University of Iowa community, but one of them is that there’s a culture of collaboration and the distanced education technology to broaden our collaborative abilities.

Today we had an opportunity to assist with configuring and setup of the distance education technology used for the course Two Koreas: Political Economy and Regional Rivalry — a Spring…

Google Translate App Uses Camera to Translate in Real Time

The World Lens app by QuestVisual was introduced in 2010 and used a typical smartphone camera to convert printed text in real time. Here’s the video announcing the product:

Google recently integrated the technology in their translate app, so now with a single app you can perform a variety of translation tasks.

Learn More

Here are…

One of the goals for The Studio is to extend the reach of dialog, collaboration, and interchange between cultures while raising positive media visibility for the University of Iowa.

Our recent Fulbright FLTA videos featuring language instructors Pius Nambuta (Swahili) and Maget Nofal (Arabic) are currently being featured on the World News Network — a website reaching over 2 million people per day.