Sunday, August 21, 2011 Audiovisual installations: When "Urban Art" Just Doesn't Work    I find it, still, incredible, the number of ‘Urban Art’ high tech projects dotted around cities that do not work. Is it because there is no financial incentive?...View more

Friday, April 29, 2011 Audiovisual Technology: Dawn of the Pixel    What happened to all those exciting darting spears of light, sharply piercing through artificial smoke-induced mists at those great rock concerts in the 1990s? Automated moving light was such a great invention – movement, colour, great projected patterns on scenery and in space. One wonders if for some, the show lighting may have been more interesting than the music. But then, I am a lighting man!...View more

Monday, February 21, 2011 Audiovisual technology: LEDs are the new Pixidust    ‘I wish I could take a handful of pixels and scatter them wherever I want’ mused a leading industry figure a few years ago. It is remarkable that we now are in a world where this has become possible. Designers with imagination can now literally place colourful and bright ‘pixels’ practically anywhere and control them together to sprinkle magic over practically anything....View more

Saturday, June 20, 2009 InfoComm's Audiovisual Marketplace: The floor according to Steve    Friday, June 19 was the last day of InfoComm 09. This year, the world's largest pro audiovisual marketplace celebrated its 70th anniversary and reported respectable numbers: 28,000 attendees and 850 exhibitors. Exhibitors scramble to get new products, upgrades and prototypes ready in time for this important marketplace. ...View more

Friday, June 19, 2009 The Business of Audiovisual Technology: Steve Thorburn's InfoComm diary, day three    Get a bunch of techies together in Orlando in June and their thoughts turn naturally to the invention of fantastic new personal air conditioning devices......View more

Thursday, June 18, 2009 Audiovisual and Acoustics Engineering: Steve Thorburn Reports from InfoComm    “Audiovisual System Integration Issues for Owners/Facility Managers” was the session I taught from 8-10 am Wednesday here in Orlando at the InfoComm show, annually the largest pro audiovisual marketplace on the planet......View more

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Technology for Entertainment, Education and Business: Steve Thorburn Reports from InfoComm 09    Our marketing and business development specialist Meg Barham, part of Thorburn Associates' team attending InfoComm, took part in Bill Sharer's Advanced Integrated Systems Sales class yesterday and Monday. Not many years ago, this was a four-day session, recently shortened to three, and now to two days......View more

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