Representatives from more than 25 companies set up displays, demonstrated products and fielded queries at the Fort Gordon Tech Expo held March 9 in the Ballroom of the Gordon Club. Photo by Bonnie Heater The Technology Expo returned to Fort Gordon March 9 with a showcase of the latest in technology. The event was hosted by the National Conference Services, Inc., of Columbia, Md. This year’s theme for the Technology Expo was “Discover Solutions for Every Mission.”

Representatives from more than 25 companies set up their displays, demonstrated their products and fielded queries from 10 a.m. to noon March 9 in the Ballroom of the Gordon Club.

One of the companies, Office Max, offered a 107-key virtually indestructible keyboard. The super-slim light weight flexible keyboard with an anti-microbial coating is water resistant. Tony Carey, the Federal Account manager for OfficeMax Government Solutions, explained to service members, contractors and Department of Army employees that the keyboard will work in temperature intervals of a minus 40 degree to 176 degrees Fahrenheit. “It works with Windows 98/2000/ME/XP and it’s compatible with the Mac operating system,” Carey said. “It’s on sale for $35, instead of the listed price of $70, until the end of March.”

Billy Smith, a solution development engineer with Samsung, drew a large crowd interested in the company’s newest projector. The Samsung P410M pocket projector, weighing in at 2 lbs. travels well, explained Smith.

The advance light-emitting diode light source lasts 30,000 hours, according to Smith. “The LED is mercury-free, so no special recycling is required, and LEDs consume 80 percent less energy than traditional light sources,” he added. According to the Samsung projectors quick reference guide, multiple inputs let you connect a laptop, Digital Versatile Disc player or game console easily, and a Universal Serial Bus port allows auto play of media files: photos, music and movies.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Charles Evans, Fort Gordon’s School of Information Technology director, and Chief Warrant Officer 4 David Smith, a network management instructor at the SIT, expressed an interest in Cobham’s 243 and 237 series field antennas. “Personnel from Fort Sill and Fort Bliss have expressed an interest in these products,” Cobham’s Sales Application Engineer Justin Genest, told Evans and Smith.

Both Soldiers visited booths collecting pamphlets and making queries about product specs and cost. “I’m here to compare what we are teaching with at SIT with the newest technology on the market,” said Evans.

“It’s important to keep the [SIT] school current for the benefit of our Soldiers,” said Smith.

NCSI plans to host the first Army Training Support Workshop Aug. 2-7 in Nashville, Tenn., as well as the Department of Defense Special Security Officer Conference and Exposition Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 in San Antonio, Texas.

For more information about future technology workshops, expos and conference call 1-888-603-8899 or visit www.NCSI.com.