| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Extron files patent infringement suit against Crestron over cable retractor | | | Via Electrical Business Magazine | | | Extron, a manufacturer of professional audiovideo (AV) system integration products—has announced it has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Crestron Electronics for infringement of Extron's U.S. Patent No. 8,740,127 entitled "Cable Retractor". The patent relates to a cable retraction and management system designed to work with cable access enclosures. More»
Why This Matters: The products in question are the Crestron retractor products CBLR-HD, CBLR-VGA, CBLR-AUDIO, CBLR-USB, and CBLR-CAT5E. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Titan Zeus: World's largest commercially available screen with a pricetag to match | | | Via InAVate | | | London-based manufacturer Titan has launched the Titan Zeus, with a screen size of 370in it is the largest commercially available display, and costs a cool $1.6 million. The Titan Zeus measures 8 x 5 metres, and is designed for indoor or outdoor use. More»
Why This Matters: I read this story in multiple breathless and astonished versions, so kudos to the PR person. This story from InAVate asserts that it's LCD (really?). The writer goes on to call it a breakthrough for LCD putting it in "direct competition with the projection market", and "moves LCD screen technology into places where it couldn't have been installed before, such as large boardrooms, command and control and lecture theatre applications". Que? All the other stories didn't say LCD but were gobsmacked that it was more than double Panasonic's 152-inch plasma. Titan's own website, just says it's "technology". I'm guessing LED technology, from the "made for indoor and outdoor use" clue and from the no-glass-in-the-world-is-this-big thing. Also Titan was the company that put the enormous LED screens into Leicester Square for the X-Box launch last fall. But they didn't answer my query and I'm still curious: they must have done something special to make it worth $1.6 million, right? –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Ancient man used "super acoustics" to alter consciousness (and speak with the dead?) | | | By Linda Eneix, Phys.org | | | Researchers detected the presence of a strong double resonance frequency at 70Hz and 114Hz inside a 5,000-years-old mortuary temple on the Mediterranean island of Malta. At these resonance frequencies, even small periodic driving forces can produce large amplitude oscillations, because the system stores vibrational energy. Echoes bounce off the hard surfaces and compound before they fade. Laboratory testing indicates that exposure to these particular resonant frequencies can have a physical effect on human brain activity. More»
Why This Matters: Getting high on reverb. Admit it, you've done it, soaked up a long basso/baritone echo at 70-130Hz. I like 80Hz paired with120Hz myself (I also like a heavier Pinot). Seriously, you have to read about the physical effects of these resonant frequencies on brain response—people with frontal lobe prevalence got a meditation high; those with occipital lobe prevalence hallucinated. Now, imagine your ancient ancestors worshiping sound. This is my favorite AV story of...ever. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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