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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/25\/23277222\/president-biden-zoom-video-conferencing-neat-board<\/a> President Joe Biden tweeted his Zoom rig on Friday, and it looked so good I suddenly needed to know everything about it. The tweet wasn\u2019t about his video gear, of course; it was to pat himself on the back for falling gas prices. But I don\u2019t want to talk about that. I also don\u2019t want to talk about the chart next to the screen, which was obviously placed there just for this photo and is deeply hilarious. I want to talk about the big easel-looking Zoom rig in front of Biden, as he sits at a desk at the White House residence.<\/p>\n It makes sense that politicians would have the best video chat gear, right? Nobody has more to gain from looking good on video, and nobody has more to lose from a dropped call, low-res cameras, or that thing where you can only hear half the words they say and you end up making Bitcoin the official currency of the United States. Zoom diplomacy is the name of the game these days, and you have to bring your best game. Plus, high-level government officials have been doing video calls around the world for many years. They know how this works.<\/p>\n Gas prices are declining at one of the fastest rates we have seen in over a decade \u2013 we\u2019re not letting up on our work to lower costs even further. pic.twitter.com\/suEKuKXyKP<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) July 22, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n I\u2019m pretty sure Biden is looking at a Neat Board<\/a>, which is made by a Norwegian company that\u2019s only a couple of years old. The board is a dedicated video and collaboration gadget with a 65-inch 4K screen, an integrated touchscreen and whiteboard tool, and a 12-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom. It\u2019s a lot like Google\u2019s Jamboard or Microsoft\u2019s Surface Hub, and Neat\u2019s gear works with both Teams and Zoom. (This one\u2019s on Zoom, it appears, as the White House has been using Zoom for Government<\/a> for a while.) The whole rig in front of Biden is about six feet tall and weighs about 125 pounds. It also costs $7,280 as he has it configured \u2014 though he doesn\u2019t appear to be using the $760 Scheduling Display or the $760 Controller, so he\u2019s exercising some fiscal responsibility there.<\/p>\n The White House must like the device because it\u2019s been in use<\/a> in the Oval Office since right after Biden\u2019s inauguration, rolling and swiveling<\/a> to either face the couch in the office or Biden at the Resolute Desk. Neat confirmed at the time that it was in fact a Neat Board, though the company seemed surprised<\/a> to see its product in the Oval Office. (The company hasn\u2019t responded to my request for comment.) The whole setup is impressive, with Biden looking comfortable at his desk and with the camera an ideal distance away so he looks engaged but the participants aren\u2019t staring up his nose. <\/p>\n I do have a couple of notes, though, Mr. President, if I may. For one thing, you really need a mic on your desk: you\u2019re a long way away from the microphone, and I know Zoom and its partners have gotten better at isolating audio, but you\u2019re still going to sound like you\u2019re shouting from the other side of a football field. Maybe replace one of those two desk phones with a dedicated Zoom mic? (Or just build one right into the desk, and into the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. I\u2019m sure Rutherford B. Hayes wouldn\u2019t mind.) Also, bring a couple more things into your background, so it\u2019s not just a flat-looking wall behind you. Maybe a plant or, I don\u2019t know, those enormous flags that usually sit right behind you. And while I\u2019m being picky, I might clean up the desk a little. Or at least put your coffee cup on a coaster.<\/p>\n
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