Students Learn the Need for Speed

Students from Sandwell College's photo imaging department became the first in the country to get a demonstration of one of the hottest new products in the photographic industry. The Fotostation, which allows photographs to be snapped from one location and transmitted to a computer miles away in a matter of seconds, was developed by Andy Kolczak a former Sandwell College student.

“Using a Nikon D2H camera, it is possible to relay images to a nearby laptop computer, which in turn can be connected to the Internet using a Satellite Phone.

I can then relay the images automatically to a web site.  The total time from click to Internet is less than 90 seconds. No college has ever seen this in action before.”

The technology, which uses a satellite phone to communicate pictures was first tested at the Rally of Great Britain last year, when action shots were beamed more than 40 miles to the press centre.

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