If you are creating a PowerPoint presentation, you might want to go beyond the usual clip art for images to use within it. In fact, you might want to use a 35mm film scanner to take your own images and insert them into the presentation.

Whether you are using a film or photo slide scanner, it’s important to understand the best way to get scanned images into your PowerPoint presentation. The main thing you’ll want to consider is the trade-off between image size and quality. The larger the image is, the clearer and crisper the image will be. But this will also require a larger file size, something that can slow down business presentations and make them unusable.

When using a digital film scanner to insert images into your presentation, a good solution is to use high-resolution jpeg scans. While not quite as high-resolution as TIFF images, a high-res JPEG should be just fine for business presentations without slowing down the rendering time of each page.

For most people, a slide and negative scanner can be used to preserve family memories. But in Hollywood, they are using tools more advanced than the average 35mm slide scanners to save memories of a different kind: film classics.

In late September, a newly-restored version of “The Wizard of Oz” debuted on DVD on Blu-Ray. In addition, movie theaters around the country screened the new version of the 1939 family classic to packed houses. The new version was done to commemorate the film’s 70th anniversary.

According to the Los Angeles Times, restoration work involved a pin-registered digital film scanner scanning three separate film negatives at 8k, a much higher resolution than was previously possible.

“In finding the 1939 nitrate Technicolor print, we got a different look for the film than we previously had,” says Ned Price, vice president of mastering at Warner Bros. Technicolor Operations. “The information allowed us to get not only finer picture detail but much better grain capture."

If you are looking for a custom pressure transducer for applications such as the gas and oil industries, you might have a lot of questions about what to look for when making a purchasing decision. Getting through the technical jargon and marketing claims to find the pressure transducer that meets your needs can be tricky. Here are a few things to look for when making a purchasing decision:

Application usage: Is this going to be a downhole transducer? If so, you will need a pressure transducer that is rugged enough to withstand the strain of extreme heat, pressure and other factors.

Environmental factors: If you need pressure transducers to fit into specific areas, you will want to pay extra attention to its size and weight. Specialized sizes might need to be custom made.

Performance issues: You might require a specific output such as amplified, non-amplified or a 4-20 mA current transmitter.

In some cases, getting a standard pressure transducer will meet your needs. But in many cases, you will have to turn to custom pressure transducers to find the solution to your problem.

Purchasing a gaming PC isn’t quite the same as buying a computer for more standard everyday use. Most people use computers for tasks such as editing documents, browsing the web, and enjoying media such as music or movies. This type of user doesn’t particularly require high-end hardware. However, if you’re a gamer who loves cutting edge graphics that will push your system to the limit, gaming computers are the only way to go.

While many of your big-name computer manufacturers make models that have been specifically designed with the gamer in mind, there are plenty who choose instead to buy from smaller companies that might not be household names, such as Digital Storm.  Why? These are companies that specifically focus on custom gaming PC configurations, addressing the needs of this subset of users beyond just the hardware specs. These companies generally have more options for you to choose from.

When companies have a problem with their Siemens circuit breakers or other electrical products, it’s often a very specific issue with one small component of the part. However, most suppliers will recommend replacing the entire product rather than just the malfunctioning piece. This can cost you money and force you to take important pieces of equipment off-line while you wait for a full replacement unit.

Instead of doing this, why not refurbish your existing equipment? RELECTRIC specializes in fixing circuit breakers, switchboards, transformer and other electrical equipment. They will look at your malfunctioning equipment and recommend services such as cleaning or part replacement. To learn about this time-saving and money-saving service offered by RELECTRIC, please visit them at www.relectric.com.

A multiport serial card is installed in on the ISA or PCI bus of a PC. The card is helpful to the user because it provides many serial ports in the place of one, and so many computer users now use numerous external devices, such as video cameras, digital cameras, and scanners. Additionally, others use work-related equipment such as video-editing applications, faxes, or special printers for desktop publishing. At one time, serial cards were mainly used for connecting up many modems to serial ports. Today, several modems can now be built into an internal card. For this reason, multiport serial cards are not used as commonly as they were before.

Each multiport card has a number of external connecters (DB-25 or RJ45) so that one may connect up a number of devices (modems, terminals, etc.). Each such physical device would then be connected to its own serial port. It then requires a USB serial adapter.  There are dozens of different serial ports and adapters that can be used for various applications. For example, a video splitter requires one set, but a scanner or fax would require an entirely different set unique to those machines.

Finally, because there is limited space on the external-facing part of the card, sometimes there is not enough space to hold all the serial port connectors. In this case, the connectors may be on the ends of cables that extend from the card. Or, they can be on an external box that is connected by a cable to a multiport card.