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Pono problems, Apple synthesizer, Polyera screens, smallest Barco cinema projector, Windows 10 privacy


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#1 Polyera screens you can roll up like a yoga mat
  By Samuel Burke, CNN Money
  Chicago startup Polyera has spent 10 years making screens that don't just curve -- it's producing displays that you can twist, bend and roll up like a yoga mat. Getting the surface screen itself to bend isn't actually the biggest challenge. The hardest part is getting the layers of electronics behind the screen, like the transistors, to contort. More»
Why This Matters: It's been a bit of a news flurry for flexible LEDs. In addition to the Polyera startup, researchers in Taiwan claim to have created flexible white LEDs with existing tech that could be available imminently and researchers in Korean are weaving LEDs into fabric. -Cynthia Wisehart

#2 Register for Webcast: Matrix Routing for Networked
  By Dave Theis, Sound & Video Contractor
  In this course, we'll revisit the concept of centralized versus distributed design in light of today's networks and the cloud. We will answer among other questions:
· Where is the switcher? Is it a device or can it be the network itself?
· Where does the DSP go? One big one or lots of little ones?
· What's in the cloud and what's out? Does the cloud actually do anything?
More»
Why This Matters: Our speaker Dave Theis continues his popular series and principles and tactics for networked media systems. Dave's an engineer, AV integrator and InfoComm educator and puts today's network issues into AV language from the point of view of someone who understands both. Join us. –Cynthia Wisehart

#3 How to turn off data collection in Windows 10
  By Dan Tynan, Yahoo Tech
  Despite what you may have read, Windows 10 is not spying on everything you do. So feel free to remove your tin-foil beanie. However, Windows 10 could potentially collect a ton of data about you — probably more personal information than any operating system in history. More»
Why This Matters: This is a quick and invaluable guide to some of the key privacy settings in Windows 10. And while we're at it, here's also how to prevent automatic device driver updates for those of you who are seeing the law of unintended consequences (and/or blue screen of death) from auto-updates. –Cynthia Wisehart

4. Focusrite RedNet preamps now remote-controllable from Yamaha CL and QL series consoles (via Wire@SVConline)

5. Sensel touchpad has 20,000 sensors and can interpret 16 touches at once (Rachel Metz, MIT Technology Review)

6. Neil Young's Pono is having expansion and funding problems; looking for CEO (Mariella Moon, Engadget)

7. New Barco cinema projector targets the small screen (via InAVate)

8. Register: Government Video Expo and Drone Show

9. Apple updates Logic Pro with the last synthesizer you'll ever need (Bryan Bishop, The Verge)

10. From the Wire@SVConline: Tekvox debuts HDBaseT wall plate

For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS archive. Thanks, Cynthia

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