| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Meet Levi's Stadium, the most high-tech sports venue yet | | | By Tim Bajarin, Time | | | Most people have heard of smartphones, smart cars and smart homes. Say hello to the smart stadium. More»
Why This Matters: This is an interesting on-site report that makes the specifics of a smart stadium experience clearer. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Five Reasons why Dolby Atmos for the home may be DOA | | | By Tom Andry, Audioholics | | | Everyone in the AV and home theater world is buzzing about Dolby Atmos. This object-based processing for sound allows sound engineers to move sound around the room three dimensionally rather than just pans. From the content creator side, there is no doubt that Atmos is a useful tool. For the home user, however, it is clearly stillborn. Just another in a long line of features that is used to pump up sales. More»
Why This Matters: Got this from a world-famous source as a rebuttal to my post on Tuesday about CNET's review of Dolby Atmos for the home. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | The Chairless Chair, an invisible chair that you can wear | | | By Jacopo Prisco for CNN | | | It's like a chair that isn't there, but magically appears whenever you need it. It's called the Chairless Chair and you wear it on your legs like an exoskeleton: when it's not activated, you can walk normally or even run. And then, at the touch of a button, it locks into place and you can sit down on it. Like a chair that is now there. More»
Why This Matters: This seems like a great invention for site, rackrooms, anywhere people are up and down, up and down, and don't want to trip over stools that are in the way. The only think I don't know is how it works when you are kneeling or squatting, say to reach the bottom component on a rack. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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