Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., needed display systems for a new nanotechnology lab. They found a solution with Fakespace Systems Inc. of Marshalltown, Iowa.
Fakespace will design, build, and integrate visualization systems for Sandia’s MESA (Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications) MicroLab facility. Work on the centers will begin immediately, and is expected to be done by May 2006.
Fakespace will incorporate the latest in projection and display technologies, offering high resolution viewing of fine detail and/or multiple image sources simultaneously in each of Sandia’s visualization centers-the education center, design center, and design review conference room.
The education center will include an extreme resolution PowerWall with at least 4,000-by-2,000-pixel-per-inch resolution. Several-high definition (HD) resolution monoscopic PowerWall screens will be incorporated for research and presentation purposes. The design center will consist of several HD projection systems and a large-scale LCD flat panel display, with interactive touch-screen capability. The conference room will use a tiled projector Augmented Reality Display Table, as well as several HD resolution projection systems and interactive plasma screens.
The centers will also contain some of the latest high resolution imaging technologies. Fakespace will provide digital 5-megapixel microscopes for imaging of nanotechnologies. The completely automated microscope will be integrated into the overall control system of each center. High resolution, progressive scan document cameras, and dual-camera video conferencing systems will be available to users. The three centers will be fully networked for internal and external collaborative meetings. For more information, see www.fakespace.com.
