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Holy Land Experience closes permanently
The building has been sold to AdventHealth for a reported $32 million to become a medical facility
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NYC to mandate vaccines for staff and customers of indoor businesses
Restaurants, gyms, entertainment venues, and other indoor businesses must require proof of vaccination; proof of vaccine will also be required for the city's outdoor Homecoming Concerts
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FYI Google will soon block sign in on old Android devices
This applies to devices running Android 2.3.7 and older
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Broadway will require proof of vaccine and masks
Performers, crew and audience members will all need to confirm vaccine status; audiences must mask except when eating or drinking in designated areas
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WATCH: “Acoustic tweezers” lift tiny ball off a board with sound
Futuristic it may seem, but the idea of using sound waves to levitate tiny objects is something we’ve seen demonstrated in a number of interesting ways. Scientists in...
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Microsoft Windows 365 is a Windows PC in the cloud
Windows 365--coming August 2--will deliver a full, personalized virtual PC experience from the cloud to any device, giving workers and organizations power, simplicity and security for hybrid work
Audio
Acoustic Sound Screw wants to be a cheaper tool for soundproofing
The spring-loaded acoustic Sound Screw is a low-impact, inexpensive sound dampening idea
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Audinate Dante AV launches
BOLIN Technology and Patton Electronics ship the first Dante AV-enabled video-over-IP cameras, encoders, and decoders
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This is the world’s lightest sound insulating material
Scientists at University of Bath say it could be commercialized within 18 months.
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New USB-C v2.1 spec more than doubles power to 240 watts
USB Implementers Forum released the new spec today that doubles the power you can send over USB-C cables--if you have the right cable
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Global chip shortage and other supply chain issues
Industry leaders discuss the Impact on ProAV
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Analysis: Display supply chain disruption due to component shortage and high-demand
Based on Omdia’s Large Area Display Price Tracker, April 2021, Sanju Khatri, director of consulting for displays, ProAV and consumer devices at research and consultancy firm Omdia, provided some...
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Bose hearing aid is first to be FDA-cleared for direct-to-consumer
Bose SoundControl hearing aid enters the market
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Syng debuts Cell Alpha “Triphonic” speaker
Former Apple designer Christopher Singer has gone all in on futuristic spatial audio to the tune of $1800
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FCC approves $7 billion for remote learning equipment
Will this money aimed at closing the "homework gap" translate to more AV opportunity in schools?
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Zigbee Alliance becomes Connectivity Standards Alliance
The standard from the Amazon/Google/Apple-backed alliance is called "Matter" (nee CHIP).
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Sony DSLR is officially discontinued
Farewell to film-era conventions for digital cameras.
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Photonic device makes light any color by manipulating individual photons
It's an on-demand color modulator
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Zoom SDK debuts
Zoom wants developers to extend the Zoom ecosystem by taking its features to other GUIs
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Jabra launches intelligent camera and videobar for collaboration in the hybrid world
Jabra AI camera and videobar--Jabra PanaCast 50 and PanaCast 20 reinvent the meeting room and hybrid work for modern collaboration through immersive video
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Apple commits $430 billion in US investments over five years
The accelerated commitment will fund a new North Carolina campus and job-creating investments in innovative fields like silicon engineering and 5G technology
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Pro AV sees fastest sales growth since 2019
The Pro AV Business Index is based on a monthly survey of the AVIXA Insights Community
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Boston Dynamics Stretch robot works the warehouse floor
Boston Dynamic warehouse robot Stretch has an extra long arm with a "smart gripper"
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Watch how Tesla’s new touchscreen drive selector works
Elon is a genius but when it comes to touchscreen GUI he is way out of his depth.
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Like AV over IP, only bigger
An open letter to Pro AV product managers by Andrew Starks
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Silex Insight releases new video codec Colibri
Silex Colibri is designed to preserve complex graphics in AV Over IP distribution over 1GbE as an alternative to JPEG 2000 and JPEG XS
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Zoom Escaper how-to self-sabotage your Zoom meetings
Audio will get you out of that Zoom meeting. Not saying you should, just saying....
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How to recommission your wireless system post-pandemic
Every wireless system is designed for downtime—but not a full year offline. Here’s how to safely bring your system back up to speed.
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WATCH: Why real explosions don’t look like Hollywood
An explosives engineer explains as only an engineer can.
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Samsung intros new display products
New large format display products for the home include 76-inch MicroLED TV and a "full sun" version of The Terrace
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Does AV over IP need SMPTE’s open standard?
IPMX (Internet Protocol Media Experience) is based on SMPTE 2110 and the AIMS Alliance sees it as the future of AV Over IP.
