Pogue on Spartan, fire-extinguishing speaker, Crestron voice-activated touchscreen, 3D Eraser

 

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Today's Top Stories #1 Hands on with Microsoft's new Spartan web browser   By David Pogue, Yahoo Tech   Every now and then, the universe shifts. Humanity sees the earth from space. The Berlin Wall falls. Justin Bieber apologizes. And now this: Microsoft has put Internet Explorer on an ice floe and pushed it out to sea to die. More» Why This Matters: Pogue goes into detail on Spartan. Here's some more how-to from PC Mag. -Cynthia Wisehart #2 You can now write on webpages in Windows 10   By Sarah Jacobson Purewal, CNET   Build 10049 of the Windows 10 Pro Technical Preview just dropped, and with it comes Microsoft's sexy, speedy new browser: Project Spartan. But the coolest new feature is inking -- the ability to draw, write on, and generally mark up Web pages from directly within the browser. You can share your marked-up creations via email or through social networks, or you can save them to OneNote. More» Why This Matters: This is probably the most important AV-related feature of Spartan. It turns every webpage into a whiteboard which Is going to change my workflow for sure (!) and which will likely change how unified communications and collaboration works. It will be interesting to see how this fits into Skype for Business. -Cynthia Wisehart #3 New fire extinguisher: bass hum booms flames out (video)   By Ben Brumfield, CNN   Boom out da fi-ya! Bass out da flames! Firefighters may be snuffing blazes with deep-toned sound, if a new device invented by two engineering students in Fairfax, Virginia, catches on. The George Mason University engineering students rigged up a sonic fire extinguisher that lets out soundwaves at frequencies between 30 and 60 hz. More» Why This Matters: Nah. It's not an April Fools' post. I'm not doing that. I've left that to Lectrosonics (see below). This is just a real life show of sonic power, and an inspiration for my new anime where the hero defeats a fire breathing dragon with…a speaker. -Cynthia Wisehart 4. Lectrosonics "introduces" the smallest full-featured UHF bodypack microphone transmitter made using proprietary atom-removing 3D Eraser ™ (Lectrosonics via TV Tech) 5. Crestron ships voice-controlled touchscreen (via InAVate) 6. Amadeus designs new speakers for major Paris music complex (via Installation) 7. Silicon Core granted new US patent for Common Cathode LED technology (via AV Interactive) 8. Sony attempts to "redefine television" with launch of Playstation Vue (Jospeh Volpe, Engadget) 9. High res audio coming to more smartphones (Joseph Palanchar, Twice) 10. From the Wire@SVCOnline: Clearpath and Christie make 3D video game robots Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Jobs this Week Electrosonic USA » Verrex » Whitlock » Sybatek » JOBS FROM TWICE.com » Upcoming Events NAB, April 11, Las Vegas ARDA World 2015, April 12, Las Vegas IEEE Green Technologies Conference, April 15, New Orleans 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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