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About Andi

Hi there! I'm Andi, the CEO of TouchIT Technologies, where we've been sparking creativity and learning in young minds through interactive tech for over 15 years. My passion lies in designing software and hardware that inspires thousands of students worldwide to explore, discover, and express themselves digitally. With decades of experience in the interactive technology market, I'm here to share my insights, tips, and stories about bridging the gap between fun and learning through tech. Buckle up for a journey into the world of edtech, sprinkled with practical advice and a dash of geeky enthusiasm!

Resolution Matters

We all know that the clarity of an image depends hugely on the quality of a) the camera that took the image and b) the screen that you are viewing it on. When your image is coming from a Digital Microscope is it essential that the screen you are using is capable of displaying the highest [...]

By |2019-11-19T11:49:05+00:00July 11th, 2016|Interactive Flat Panels|Comments Off on Resolution Matters

Oktopus 4.4.41 Update

New Clear Screen Options                   Clear Screen This will clear all objects that are currently on the slide.   Clear Annotations This will only clear annotations such as pen and highlighter objects. Everything else on the screen will be left intact.   Reset Slide For this to [...]

By |2016-07-06T12:44:10+00:00July 6th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Oktopus 4.4.41 Update

How to Make Google Chrome More Touch-Friendly

  Out of the box, Chrome isn't as touch-friendly as Microsoft's Edge browser. However, you can tweak some hidden settings in Chrome for more touch support for your Windows tablet or touchscreen PC. The experimental settings below will force Chrome to recognize your taps better and add features like new copying and pasting buttons for [...]

By |2019-11-19T11:49:12+00:00May 26th, 2016|Interactive Flat Panels|Comments Off on How to Make Google Chrome More Touch-Friendly

TouchIT Notes Does Simple Annotation Too!

TouchIT Notes is renowned for being the collaboration tool of choice for many businesses and schools around the world. But, did you know that it can also be used as a basic annotation tool? Quite often people just want the ability to annotate on their screen and save what they have done. Well, with TouchIT [...]

By |2016-04-13T14:41:30+00:00April 13th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on TouchIT Notes Does Simple Annotation Too!

How to Collaborate on Oktopus and Google Chrome OS

In this blog post we will discuss how to setup the collaboration features of TouchIT Oktopus and Google Chrome. We have a video Blog that discusses this, but we thought some written instructions might be helpful. It should be noted that you can use the collaboration features of Oktopus on other devices, well any tablet [...]

By |2016-03-01T18:03:18+00:00March 1st, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on How to Collaborate on Oktopus and Google Chrome OS

LED Bolts and VESA

We're being asked a number of times for the bolt sizes and the VESA patterns on the back of our Interactive LEDs. In order to make this easy, we though we would write a quick blog post. All CAD drawings are available from the downloads section of this website TouchIT LED - 4pt and 6pt 65"to [...]

By |2019-11-19T11:49:22+00:00February 24th, 2016|Interactive Flat Panels|Comments Off on LED Bolts and VESA

10 best Google Chrome tips, tricks and time savers

Dont forget that TouchIT Oktopus can connect your TouchIT LED to Google Chrome to allow collaboration in the classroom. Introduction Netscape Navigator may have started many people surfing the web some 21 years ago but nowadays Google Chrome is king of the waves. Celebrating its seventh birthday this month (September 2015), Google's gateway to the [...]

By |2016-02-22T10:26:39+00:00February 22nd, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 10 best Google Chrome tips, tricks and time savers

TouchIT Interactive LEDs and VDIs (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)

  We're pleased to let you know that TouchIT Interactive LEDs and our software, TouchIT Notes and TouchIT Oktopus are supported on VDIs. What is a VDI? Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is the practice of hosting a desktop operating system within a virtual machine (VM) running on a centralized server. VDI is a variation on the client/server [...]

By |2019-11-19T11:49:31+00:00January 12th, 2016|Interactive Flat Panels|Comments Off on TouchIT Interactive LEDs and VDIs (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)

TouchIT Interactive LED & Chromebook Collaboration

In this blog we'll look at how we can use the TouchIT Interactive LED with the popular education tool the Chromebook. By combining the TouchIT LED, TouchIT Oktopus software and the Chromebook, we can create a powerful whole class teaching tool. Teachers can create questions and activities using the Oktopus tools and students can interact [...]

By |2019-11-19T11:49:37+00:00January 7th, 2016|Interactive Flat Panels|Comments Off on TouchIT Interactive LED & Chromebook Collaboration

TouchIT LEDs and RS232 Control

RS232 control allows you to connect 3rd party control systems to our Interactive LEDs and non-touch commercial LEDs. The features of the RS232 control are very similar to a remote control. The difference being that usually they are incorporated into a room control system that can control other equipment in the room from the same control [...]

By |2015-12-21T19:10:39+00:00December 21st, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on TouchIT LEDs and RS232 Control
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