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Today's Top Stories #1 Google's new software let's anyone make large interactive displays (with video)   By Brittany Vincent, Engadget   Google has created an intriguing new piece of open-source software in the form of AnyPixel.js where anyone can create their own large, interactive displays. "Big and unusual" are the key operators here, and that seems to be exactly what Google has done as its first project. More» Why This Matters: You must see what Google is up to in our world—watch the vide and If you're in New York, go check the display out live in their 8th Avenue lobby. Then download AnyPixel.js from GitHub and try your hand. - Cynthia Wisehart #2 GoPro needs a hero: can a shift to editing software save them?   By Sean O'Kane, The Verge   The next time you shoot video with your phone, Nick Woodman wants you to edit it with GoPro software. Then he wants you to do that again and again and again. It will be so good and fast and easy that you'll get a rush, like a surfer riding the barrel of a wave, or a skateboarder stomping the perfect trick. Woodman thinks this could turn you into a "habitual storyteller," and maybe then, if you don't already own a GoPro, you might want to buy one. More» Why This Matters: If you're a GoPro fan (or an investor) or anyone who works in product development this is a must-read and a fascinating look at the company's product development struggle in a fickle market where constant reinvention is required even of Heroes. -Cynthia Wisehart #3 Make music with the Large Hadron Collider   By ATLAS/CERN via Phys.org   From techno beats to classical melodies, from jazz swinging to pop and rock riffs – the ATLAS experiment can play them all thanks to Quantizer. This new platform translates ATLAS events into notes and rhythms, meaning one of the most complex scientific instruments in the world will not only search for new physics, but also generate music. More» Why This Matters: So trippy. You can listen to the audio that physics makes. If you just want to go straight to the Quantizer to have a listen go here. –Cynthia Wisehart 4. BenQ unveils new transparent series displays (via TheWire@SVConline) 5. Leyard announces industry's lightest and thinnest line of flexible LED display solutions (via TheWire@SVConline) 6. Researches have created flexible batteries that never need to be charged (Bob Dorman, Ars Technica) 7. Webcast on Demand: Can you make money on user interface for Pro AV? (Geoffrey Harrison, Sound & Video Contractor) 8. Appliance Science: how the Amazon Dash button actually works (Richard Baguley, CNET) 9. Take a narrated tour of the International Space Station from your desk (Michael Franco, Gizmag) 10. From the Wire@SVConline: Gefen now shipping 4K ultra HD HDBaseT extender for HDMI For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS archive. Thanks, Cynthia For daily AV industry headlines see #SVCWIRE archive AV Jobs Full Compass Systems - Director of Merchandising (Madison, WI)» Full Compass Systems – Service Technician (Madison, WI)» SYMCO Inc –Network AV Sales Engineer sought by leading Independent Rep Firm in the Mid-Atlantic & New England Region… » Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn RebelMouse 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 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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