Press Releases

OSU racing students receive Internet access at speedway 
Buckeye Bullet 2 team employing mobile satellite system at Speed Week 2008

 (Aug 18, 2008)
   

Wendover, Utah  (August 18, 2008) – Throughout Speed Week 2008, the Ohio State University Buckeye Bullet 2 team will be turning the pit area on the Bonneville Speedway into a temporary WiFi hot spot as they pursue the speed record for electric vehicles.

Crown City residents now receive high-speed Internet connectivity through innovative Connecting Rural Ohio partnership 
Wireless broadband helps to overcome digital divide

 (May 3, 2008)
 

(May 3, 2008) – Throughout much of its nearly 200-year history, Crown City, Ohio, has been known as a way station for travelers on the Ohio River. The shipping artery brought boats, people, supplies and, on occasion, devastating floods to this small southeastern Ohio community.

Governor Strickland, International panel of experts consider establishing Telehealth Video Resource Center 
Click here for a meeting overview and documentation.

 (Apr 22, 2008)
    Center would provide videoconferencing benefits to physicians worldwide

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Improving internet access in Ohio to be discussed on Town Hall Ohio 

 (Apr 20, 2008)
 
 

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April 20, 2008 - Many Ohioans do not have adequate access to high-speed internet service, which hinders their economic prospects and affects their quality of life. Solving Ohio's broadband challenges is the subject of this week's Town Hall Ohio.

Telehealth Video Resource Center Meeting 
Meeting Documentation | Contacts | Sponsors | Press Release

 (Apr 16, 2008)
   

Meeting Documentation | Contacts | Sponsors | Press Release

Pediatric telehealth in practice  

 (Apr 10, 2008)
 
 

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Network server supports legal, free music downloading for more than 21,000 Ohio college, university students 
Ruckus service offers students online library of more than 3 million songs, videos

 (Mar 31, 2008)
 

Columbus, Ohio  (March 31, 2008) – The nation’s most advanced statewide network for education and research – OSCnet – now provides many Ohio college and university students access to an online service that allows downloading of millions of songs and videos legally and for free.

HD videoconferencing links critical care newborns from rural hospitals to tertiary care facilities, specialists 
Without ever leaving the nursery, fragile babies born at Chillicothe's Adena Regional Medical Center are receiving clinical assessments from specialists an hour away at Nationwide Children's Hospital

 (Jan 30, 2008)

Columbus, Ohio (January 30, 2008) – Without ever leaving the nursery, fragile babies born at Chillicothe’s Adena Regional Medical Center are receiving clinical assessments from specialists an hour away at Nationwide Children’s Hospital — thanks to high-definition videoconferencing capabilities made possible via the Ohio Supercomputer Center.

Governor tells council to make Ohio a broadband leader 
Goal is to expand broadbank access, boost the state's econonomy and creat savings

 (Dec 4, 2007)
 

Columbus, Ohio (December 4, 2007) – Governor Ted Strickland today directed the Ohio Broadband Council to oversee statewide efforts to expand broadband networking, as the council met for the first time since its creation earlier this summer.

Software lets researchers share scientific instruments via the Internet 
Project provides wider access to and greater return on large investments

 (Oct 10, 2007)
 

Columbus, Ohio  (October 10, 2007) – Engineers at the Ohio Supercomputer Center are enabling academic and industrial researchers to remotely access, in real time over the Internet, some of Ohio’s most expensive and important scientific instruments.

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