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Today's Top Stories #1 EAW and Mackie hit the road to support their new end-to-end audio solution   via SVC   EAW and Mackie are touring the U.S., showing their powerful new end-to-end audio solution designed for production and system integration. Featuring stops at all key U.S. markets, the L3 Tour kicks off on July 11, 2016, running through Labor Day. More» Why This Matters: This is interesting. EAW has released a new Dante-enabled install speaker line called RADIUS that pairs with Mackie's new AXIS digital mixing system. Radius. Axis. Get it? I can confirm that the really were designed to work together—it's not just a bundle thing. - Cynthia Wisehart #2 Microsoft's plan to build the ultimate gestural UI   By Mark Wilson, Fast Company   The research who pioneered voice recognition at Microsoft is going after gestures next. More» Why This Matters: Gestural UI (like Minority Report) is now getting closer to being a thing, at least at Microsoft Research. There are some interesting simulations in this article that demonstrate a bit about how they're thinking about it. -Cynthia Wisehart #3 Why startups are struggling   By James Surowiecki, MIT Technology Review   The number of companies in Silicon Valley that got seed funding from investors more than doubled between 2007 and 2012. Venture capital funding in the U.S. over the last five years has totaled a remarkable $238 billion, and 200 companies today are so-called unicorns, privately valued at more than a billion dollars each. Meanwhile, though, a host of economic researchers have been telling a much bleaker story: American entrepreneurship is actually on the decline, and has been for decades. More» Why This Matters: According to the data presented by MIT, 2013 Americans started fewer businesses than they did in 1980. I would not have guessed that. Likewise some of the other information in this article is counter-intuitive compared to what it "feels like" has been going on. I guess that's true of many things. -Cynthia Wisehart 4. Review: Devialet's new 4500W Phantom Gold speakers (Ty Pendlebury, CNET) 5. These ultra-premium headphones pack in the world's first full-range loudspeaker (Lewis Leong, Tech Radar) 6. The Adafruit guide to excellent soldering (with gruesome fail pictures) (Bill Earl, Adafruit) 7. Install Awards 2016: all the winners (via Installation) 8. Anki's Cosmo robot is the Wall-E we've been waiting for (Nick Statt, The Verge) 9. 'Game of Thrones" composer on making truly epic scores: the secret is human players (Mona Lawani, Engadget) 10. From the Wire@SVConline: Yamaha Professional Audio Division announces staff promotions 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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