Among the synchronous telemedicine solutions, videoconferencing – real time exchange of voice and image - is becoming popular through rapid achievements in digital communication technology.
For a long time, videoconferencing was limited to big businesses that could afford to build expensive systems in their conference rooms.
Setup and configuration was a breeze, and we were up and videoconferencing in no time.
These were done by videoconference again, but this time, the participants presented their findings to me.
Even the way that wired America works will change: many job applications are already possible only online; soon, job interviews will be held by way of videoconference, saving cost and time.
It's taken a long time for videoconferencing to be successful and fit into people's work practices.
Pinchas Zukerman, the music director of the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa, is using the high-speed networking technology as well as videoconferencing to spend more time with his violin students back at the Manhattan School.
Since 1998, for example, the Global Nomads Group (gng.org), an international NGO, has connected students with their peers around the world to discuss global issues related to civics, social and global studies, geography, world history, science, economics and politics in real time via videoconferencing.
High-speed connections will also allow for distance education through real-time videoconferencing; already, thousands of high school students are earning diplomas via virtual classrooms.
"Video packets have been running into data packets," he said, adding that this conflict slows things down enough to scramble pictures, crash programs and "destroy attempts at decent real-time videoconferences".
