Events Spotlight: Tech Education Exhibition - January 2025
In the world of education, innovation continues to shape the way students learn and teachers teach. The January 2025 Edtech Show & Tell event showcased a variety of new products designed to enhance educational technology environments. Here's a roundup of some of the key products and their features.
NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit
The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit is a compact, powerful AI development platform designed for edge AI applications. Priced at $249, this affordable dev kit is suitable for developers, students, and makers. It comes with an 8GB memory configuration preinstalled with Ubuntu 22.04 OS (JetPack 6.2).
The Jetson Orin Nano Super offers robust AI processing power with NVIDIA’s latest architecture optimized for edge AI development. It provides enhanced flexibility with Python, ROS, and AI deep learning support for educational and prototyping use.
One of the standout features is access to advanced AI models like Google DeepMind’s Gemma family optimized for Jetson platforms, enabling multilingual, multimodal text, image, video, and audio AI applications on-device. The developer kit is commercially available, making powerful AI tools accessible for educational institutions and students.
Philips ScreenShare
Philips ScreenShare products are known for enabling seamless wireless collaboration and presentation sharing in classrooms and meetings, improving interactive learning and engagement without the need for cables or complex setup. While no specific up-to-date details were available, Philips ScreenShare is pre-installed on new Philips Collaboration BDL3152E and BDL4152E interactive displays, and available for download on existing models.
Eaton Samsung Gen 3 lithium-ion battery system
Although no direct detailed information was found regarding this specific product at the event, Gen 3 lithium-ion battery systems typically offer improved energy density, safety, and cycle life for educational technology devices, enabling longer usage times and enhanced reliability. Eaton and Samsung collaboration suggests advanced power management suited for edtech applications.
Slooh Earth Science Curriculum
Slooh’s Earth Science curriculum traditionally offers interactive astronomy education with access to live and recorded telescope observations worldwide. It benefits students by providing real-world scientific data and engagement with live scientific phenomena, aiding STEM education.
Sonnet Twin 10G SFP28 Thunderbolt Adapter
This adapter provides high-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity over Thunderbolt, significantly enhancing network data transfer speeds for edtech devices. The key benefits include dual 10G ports increasing bandwidth and reducing network bottlenecks, and Thunderbolt interface compatibility, making it suitable for modern laptops and devices used in classrooms and labs.
CBE Catalyst
Details about CBE Catalyst were not provided, but typically, CBE Catalyst solutions focus on transforming education through digital tools that enhance curriculum delivery, assessment, or collaboration, suggesting benefits in personalized learning and teacher resources.
In summary, the showcased products combine advanced AI development (NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super), power efficiency (Eaton Samsung battery system), high-speed connectivity (Sonnet adapter), wireless collaboration (Philips ScreenShare), and interactive curriculum tools (Slooh Earth Science), collectively enhancing the capabilities and interactivity of educational technology environments. The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit stands out with detailed specifications and demonstrated AI model support for educational AI applications.
- The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, priced at $249, is a powerful AI development platform suitable for students and developers.
- Access to advanced AI models like Google DeepMind’s Gemma family optimized for Jetson platforms allows for multimodal text, image, video, and audio AI applications on-device.
- Philips ScreenShare products enable wireless collaboration and presentation sharing in classrooms, increasing interactive learning and engagement.
- The Sonnet Twin 10G SFP28 Thunderbolt Adapter provides high-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, enhancing network data transfer speeds for edtech devices.
- CBE Catalyst solutions are designed to transform education through digital tools, potentially enabling personalized learning and teacher resources.
