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Today's Top Stories #1 New display technology lets LCDs produce Princess Leia style holograms   By Mike Orcutt, MIT Technology Review   David Fattal's company, appropriately named Leia, will demonstrate a prototype of its new 3-D display next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Later this year it plans to release a small display module capable of producing full-color 3-D images and videos that are visible—with no special glasses—from 64 different viewpoints. More» Why This Matters: This technology was initially developed at HP Labs to control light paths on the nanoscale. HP wanted it for data transport over cable, but Fattel thought he could get the same precise angles to travel in space, as the foundation for holographic images. And he thought he could get the holograms to come out of a conventional LCD—so far a two-inch by two-inch "holomodule". Remember when micromirrors were new? -Cynthia Wisehart #2 This startup turns smartphones into microphones at events and big meetings   By Taylor Soper, Geek Wire   Sean and Tim Holladay are the young co-founders of CrowdMics, a two-year-old startup that lets audience members at big events and meetings use their smartphones as wireless microphones. More» Why This Matters: Using existing Wifi, you apparently just touch your phone to make it play through the PAs. Looks clever. -Cynthia Wisehart #3 Filming atomic blasts requires this massive, complicated camera   By Attila Nagy, Gizmodo   There's a truly monstrous camera at the "Churchill's Scientists" exhibition at London's Science Museum right now. The C4 Rotating Mirror High Speed Camera was developed at the end of World War II to study explosive reactions. More» Why This Matters: None of this 60fps. We're talking 200,000fps – 10,000,000fps. Now that's HFR. -Cynthia Wisehart 4. Samsung purchases US LED display maker Yesco (Alex Wolfgram, DigiTimes) 5. NAB says mics need more space (John Eggerton, Multichannel News) 6. New Ikea furniture will charge your phone wirelessly (David Goldman and Alana Petroff, CNN Money) 7. d3 Technologies establish organization in Americas (via Live Design) 8. Livestream's tiny dongle lets any HDMI camera broadcast online (Mat Smith, Engadget) 9. This is a perfectly circular phone (Sean O'Kane, The Verge) 10. From the Wire@SVCOnline: D-Tools SI 2015 now available Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Jobs this Week Electrosonic USA » Verrex » Whitlock » Sybatek » JOBS FROM TWICE.com » Upcoming Events Sound Reinforcement For Technicians, February 2015, Portland NSCA Business & Leadership Conference, Feb. 26-27, Tampa, Fla. 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 JESSACA GUTIERREZ, Senior Associate Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x527 | 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

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