SMART Technologies, the inventor of the SMART Board, has announced three new products: the SMART Board Mini interactive podium designed for colleges, universities, and businesses; the SMART Board M Pro High secure series TAA Interactive Display for government and privacy-sensitive industries; and the all-new SMART OneLaunch meeting tool for more seamless, connected hybrid meetings.
These releases will make their debut at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025, running from Feb. 4 to 7, 2025, at SMART Stand 1C170 in Hall 1.
A recent SMART survey of IT directors and professors revealed critical challenges in instructional spaces impacting higher education and businesses:
- 52% of respondents indicated the need for real-time feedback features: The need for instant feedback emerged as the top priority for engagement in-person and online.
- Need for annotation capabilities: The ability to annotate presentations directly is crucial for simplifying complex concepts and making training more interactive.
- 30% of higher education campuses still use outdated technology: Legacy projectors no longer meet the needs of modern learning environments.
SMART says the new Board Mini interactive podium addresses these needs in modern instructional settings and workspaces, letting presenters more freely face and engage their audiences with robust tools for real-time collaboration, industry-leading digital inking that can be saved and shared and high-quality audio and video for hybrid meetings and instruction.
Key features:
- Includes a 4K AI-enabled camera, eight-microphone array, 12W sound, and 27” 4K UHD display, ensuring engagement for both in-person and remote participants.
- The ONLY interactive podium with an integrated OPS PC module slot for Windows and Google-licensed appliances.
- Touch and digital ink are enabled on connected secondary screens or projectors, mirroring content to any external display via the integrated HDMI or USB-C output — no extra splitters or switches needed. When paired with a SMART display, both the SMART Board Mini and the display can interact with content simultaneously.
- Seamless integration with SMART Ink means users can write directly into PDFs and Microsoft Office files and save them with notes embedded in the file. Designed for versatile use as a free-standing display on a table or desk, with options for mounting on monitor arms or embedding in lecterns.
Pre-orders for the new SMART Board Mini interactive podium open March 1, 2025.
Also being demonstrated at ISE is the new SMART Board M Pro High secure series TAA interactive display.
Designed to meet the stringent security requirements of the U.S. Trade Agreements Act (TAA) mandated by judicial, executive, and legislative branches, as well as the military and high-security industries, the M Pro High secure series TAA has already garnered significant interest. It offers interactive tools that help attract, recruit, and retain top talent while maintaining robust cybersecurity and uncompromising security standards.
Key features of this display include:
- Enhanced security features, purpose-built to have no embedded OS, no mic-array, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi and no USB mass-transfer to reduce security vulnerabilities.
- TAA compliance, ensuring compatibility with government procurement standards and privacy requirements.
- 4K Ultra HD resolution.
- SMART Ink allows for writing directly into PDFs and Microsoft Office files like PowerPoint, Word, Excel and OneNote, and overtop of browsers, and into other applications (unlike competitors’ acetate layer).
- SMART’s touch technology that enables multiple users to write, erase and interact at the same time without interfering with one another.
- Integration with JWIC, NIPR, SIPR and KVM to streamline government workflows.
- Quicker Business Collaboration with SMART OneLaunch, powered by Airtame
Designed for simplicity and consistency, SMART OneLaunch, powered by Airtame, is a gateway to hybrid meetings — providing instant access to Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex and other cloud UCC platforms. Just touch the join button on a SMART Board interactive display or join directly from your personal device using a secure code to participate, screen share, and manage hybrid meetings. It’s the simplest way to join a meeting and ensure consistency, no matter what meeting platform is being used — with no additional hardware, dongles or complicated setup required.