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MIPRO

MIPRO Electronics Co., Ltd. ( ), established in 1995, is an ISO-9001 certified Taiwan-based company that designs and manufactures wireless microphones, portable wireless public address (PA) and other wireless audio equipment for consumer, professional and commercial applications. U.S. President Barack Obama used a MIPRO wireless microphone system during his election campaign in 2008. In 2001, MIPRO developed and patented an Automatic Channel Targeting (ACT) technology. "ACT" provides automatic synchronization of receiver and transmitter frequencies, commonly known as "sync". The ACT function is an intelligent wireless system channel set-up feature. Gary Kayye, CTS, founder of Kayye Consulting and rAVe Publications stated MIPRO as one of My Top 6 New Companies to Watch—From InfoComm 2008 MIPRO MA-909 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2006 TEC Awards. MIPRO ACT-82 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2007 TEC Awards. MIPRO ACT-51 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2008 TEC Awards. MIPRO ACT-727 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2009 TEC Awards.

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MIPRO Electronics Co., Ltd. ( ), established in 1995, is an ISO-9001 certified Taiwan-based company that designs and manufactures wireless microphones, portable wireless public address (PA) and other wireless audio equipment for consumer, professional and commercial applications. U.S. President Barack Obama used a MIPRO wireless microphone system during his election campaign in 2008. In 2001, MIPRO developed and patented an Automatic Channel Targeting (ACT) technology. "ACT" provides automatic synchronization of receiver and transmitter frequencies, commonly known as "sync". The ACT function is an intelligent wireless system channel set-up feature. Gary Kayye, CTS, founder of Kayye Consulting and rAVe Publications stated MIPRO as one of My Top 6 New Companies to Watch—From InfoComm 2008 MIPRO MA-909 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2006 TEC Awards. MIPRO ACT-82 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2007 TEC Awards. MIPRO ACT-51 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2008 TEC Awards. MIPRO ACT-727 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2009 TEC Awards.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of establishment: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. employees: 200 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the employees is "200 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359708543

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.