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Coventry University now allows its journalism students the experience of working in a live news environment using professional broadcast equipment. With two radio studios and one TV broadcast studio already equipped, deploying Teracue DVB gateways, multiple news channels off Freeview (DVB-S) are brought straight into the news press rooms.
AV technology consultants Visual Acuity are providing consultancy for the redevelopment of Miami’s major science museum. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new building at the Patricia and Philip Frost Museum of Science has now taken place, giving Visual Acuity the chance to start work on the next phase of a project that looks set to capture the imagination of the architectural, technology and audiovisual communities worldwide.
The show floor at this year’s InfoComm was dominated by developments in LFDs, with product introductions in current and imaging segments, including outdoor, interaction and 4K2K resolution.
Titled simply ‘Earthquake’, a new attraction in San Francisco occupies the entire west hall of the Academy. Designed to take visitors on a kinetic journey toward understanding super-seismic phenomena and how they fit into the larger story of our ever-changing planet, ‘Earthquake’ comprises a number of installations, including a walk-through model of the Earth, an interactive space designed to teach earthquake preparedness, and a quake simulator resembling an old Victorian house.
In the last month two new, and quite different, solutions have appeared on the market, both deigned to improve the efficient running of meetings. While the products are new, the concepts have been tried before, without any great success. AV News assesses the chances of success of the newcomers.
Norway’s projectiondesign has supplied its F35 wqxga projectors to a mission-critical facility responsible for space launches on behalf of the US government.
Dataton’s WATCHOUT multiple projection and synchronisation technology was used in the Moscow production of Rossini’s classic opera ‘Cinderalla’ in plac e of traditional painted scenery.
For more than a year, Casio has had the mainstream of the lampless projector market pretty much to itself. There has been competition at the pico level, and also at the high-end, but last month’s BETT show saw the introduction of new models in the volume education and business sectors. We take a look at what’s on offer and assess the impact of the growing lampless category on the channel.
By keeping an ear close to the ground we have put together a list of some of the announcements of new products and technologies that should be on show at ISE 2012. Use this guide and the continuing coverage on the AV News’ web site (www.avnews.eu) to help you plan your time at the event.