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Today's Top Stories #1 Two charts that show how crappy US broadband is   by Stacey Higginbotham, Giga Om   The U.S. is taking a beating in the price and performance of broadband in a recent series of charts issued by research firm Point Topic. It ranks 58 out of 90 countries for cost of broadband. More» Why This Matters: These charts provide more reasons to be concerned about our future businesses models under Broadband Provider rule. For many of the new AV possibilities, broadband is the life's blood. Having said that, when the internet as we know it no longer cuts it, maybe that becomes its own opportunity. –Cynthia Wisehart #2 How it works: MIT's inFORM 3D dynamic shape display   by Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics   Two MIT PhD students, Daniel Leithinger and Sean Follmer, introduced an eye-catching project from the MIT Media Lab: A table built with motors, linkages and pins, that can render a person physically in real time via a digital source. More» Why This Matters: These MIT researcher have found a way to allow people in one place to interact with three-dimensional versions of people or objects in a different location. You may have heard about it late last year; here's Popular Mechanics explaining it and here's MIT's own link. –Cynthia Wisehart #3 Beijing watches fake sunrise on video screen amid smog emergency   via Huffington Post   Amid a thick grey haze, the giant LED video screens in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Thursday beamed out images of the rising sun. The severe smog this week is the worst China has seen since January 2013. Similar images circulated then, when the LED screens in Tiananmen Square broadcast clear blue skies during an air pollution crisis that was termed the "Airpocalypse". More » Why This Matters: This is it. The strangest and most cynical ProAV application. (Kind of like putting clean air and sunshine in a zoo—if zoos had high-resolution video of the animals). -Cynthia Wisehart 4. Review: 120-inch 4K Reference Series: Has Vizio built "the best TV in the world"? (CNET) 5. Sony stuns CES with Life Space ultra-short throw 4K projector (Vincent Teoh, HDTV Test) 6. Researchers 3D print a working loudspeaker (Paul Ridden, Gizmag) 7. Vizio to sell sub-$1000 50-inch full-array LED backlit 4K TV (Stephanie Miot, PC Mag) 8. Six odd and crazy technologies at CES (Heather Kelly, CNN) 9. Flir One thermal imaging device: Your phone as studfinder (Xiomara Blanco, CNET) 10. Nest Protect review: a smoke detector for the smartphone generation (By Brian Heater, Engadget) Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Jobs from TWICE.com CEO - AVB, INC - CA » Vice President of Sales and Marketing - Russound, FMP Inc. - Newmarket, NJ » VP Sales - Electrical Distributing, Inc. - Portland, OR » Jobs from Eduwire Click here to see all posted positions » Upcoming Events NSCA Business & Leadership Conference, Feb. 27-March 1, Dallas Almo E4 AV tour, March 11, Dallas For more events, see our calendar. Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. Pro AV Today Editorial Team SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email SYSTEMS CONTRACTOR NEWS KIRSTEN NELSON, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x522 | Send Email AV TECHNOLOGY MARGOT DOUAIHY, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x 538 | Send Email DIGITAL SIGNAGE DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS JEREMY GLOWACKI, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 ext 514 | Send Email

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