News 2001

Noldus opens midwest U.S. regional office
26 September 2001

Indianapolis - We are pleased to announce the opening of our new midwest regional office in Indianapolis, Indiana. Operational as of September 1st, it provides comprehensive service for all clients and prospective clients in the states of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin.

The office is managed by Ms. Ann Heidema. Ann is a graduate from Western Michigan University, with a Masters in Applied Behavior Analysis. She has experience with both clinical and research applications of behavioral pharmacology and neuroscience. Furthermore, Ann has a great deal of practical experience using our software in her previous research. She will assist scientists in the choice of hardware and software for their research applications. The midwest regional office provides sales support, product demonstrations, on-site system installation, and additional training.

EthoVision 2.2: A new milestone in video tracking
27 July 2001

Wageningen - EthoVision 2.2, the upgrade from EthoVision 2.1 (released in March 2001), is now available. Besides many small improvements both in functionality and user interface, this version includes the following new features:

Series of Trials
Manual Event Recorder
Nesting over Behaviors
'Go to' in Visualization 

The Observer 4.1: The eye is the limit
1 May 2001

Wageningen - What's new in The Observer 4.1
 
Configuration
 
In this version, we introduce the concept of workspaces. In a workspace, you can group projects, for example per user or per type of research. The Workspace Explorer gives a clear overview of projects, and how they are set up.
Subjects, behaviors and modifiers are entered in grid views. This allows easy editing and copying and pasting of configuration elements.
You can use the automatic key code generator to create the initial set-up. This ensures that the codes are unique.
The Observer 4.1 can handle the most elaborate coding schemes.
A smart configuration checker gives information about errors in the configuration, and how to correct them.

Noldus Information Technology Inc. is moving!
11 April 2001

New facility includes observational lab available for rent
 
Sterling - Our North American headquarters is looking forward to moving into a much larger facility this spring. The new office is located in Leesburg, Virginia, just 10 miles north of Dulles International Airport. The new location is in the heart of Loudoun County, which - due to a major influx of IT companies - is now the fastest growing county in the United States. The 4100 square foot facility will include a lab for installation and technical support, and a large warehouse for intermediate storage of systems.

Furthermore, we are building an observational lab, complete with test room and observation area separated by one-way mirrors. This lab, equipped with state-of-the-art video equipment, computers and software, will serve as a demonstration facility of observational research systems as well as a usability lab available for rent. This service is especially intended for:

EthoVision 2.1: The new standard in video tracking
30 March 2001

Wageningen - EthoVision 2.1, the upgrade from EthoVision 2.0 (released in October 2000), is now available. Besides many small improvements both in functionality and in user interface this version includes the following new features:

Experiment control
Sound feedback
Visualization of noise objects
Compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0

Noldus opens northeast U.S. regional office
19 February 2001

Attleboro - We are pleased to announce the opening of our new northeast regional office in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Operational as of February 1st, it provides fast-track service for our prospects and clients in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

The office is managed by Dr. Jonathan Dale. With a doctorate in biology and experience in animal behavior and sensory biology, Dr. Dale is in an excellent position to assist scientists in the choice of hardware and software for their research applications. Besides pre-sales and after-sales support, our new office provides product demonstrations, on-site system installation and training.

Please do not hesitate to call for information on our products, services and prices, or to make an appointment for an on-site demo. The contact details for the new office are:

New Updates of The Observer 4.0
10 February 2001

Wageningen - The latest update of The Observer 4.0 is now available (build number 4.0.102). This update is intended for all users who have The Observer Basic 4.0 as well as The Observer Video-Pro 4.0. Please note: this is not an upgrade of the Support Package for Video Analysis, version 4.0.

The main improvements in this release are:

  • The Observer 4.0 is now also compatible with Windows XP.
  • You can now change the directory where workspaces and projects are stored.
  • For users of Windows 2000/NT: the previous release only allowed access is you were logged in as "power user" or "administrator". This limitation has been removed.
  • The Observer Video-Pro 4.0 now also supports a new VCR: the JVC SR-S365U.
  • Furthermore, we have implemented several technical improvements that further increase the stability of the software.

Finally a new Quick Start Guide is now available. Together with the Reference Manual and Installation Guide, this makes a complete set of documentation for The Observer 4.0.