| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | New windowless airplane design | | | By Chris Kitching, for MailOnline | | | A UK company is set to revolutionise the future of commercial air travel with a windowless plane that allows passengers to choose panoramic views of the world around them or swipe a touch screen to surf the internet or check their email from 35,000ft. Windows would be replaced with ultra-thin and highly-flexible screens that would display outside scenery captured by cameras attached to the plane's exterior or act as a personal touchscreen computer. More»
Why This Matters: This article has great, detailed pictures of the concept—which essentially turns an airplane into an AV virtual reality experience. The plane would be made up of touchscreens and cameras-- so cool and so creepy. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | New, tiny microphones eliminates touching of handheld devices | | | By Alejandro Cancino, The Columbus Dispatch | | | Engineers in a suburban Chicago office complex have designed a new microphone that they say will be key to the future of smartphone and tablet technology because it gives consumers the ability to operate hand-held devices without touching them. More»
Why This Matters: This is about making a touchless touchscreen with a microphone about the size of a pen tip, special speakers and a radar-like triangulation that interprets the "sound" of your gestures. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Crash Course: Realities of Integrating Audio Networks with Dante | | | Via SVC Online | | | Is interoperability really practical? More»
Why This Matters: Here's the latest in SVC's series of webcasts; in this one you will learn:
-What you can (and cannot) expect from a digital audio network
-Why networks are right in some applications and not in others
-What to look for when evaluating switches for audio networking
-What to look for when evaluating endpoints for audio networking
-Common gotchas about interoperability and how to spot/avoid them
-Issues of Skype, MS Lync interoperability
-How to use software, Dante Virtual Soundcard and Dante Controller to configure and commission systems –Cynthia Wisehart |
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