AV Technology - February/March 2009 - (Page 8) precedent february | march 2009 | headlines Get Smart PROJECTION DISPLAYS BOOK RELEASED TO PUBLIC Projection Displays, by Matthew S. Brennesholtz and Edward H. Stupp, is now available at a special price from Amazon.com at $120. Projection technologies can generate large, high-resolution images at a price point end users can afford. It can be used in a wide variety of large-screen markets such as television and cinema. In addition, emerging smallscreen markets are developing where a pocketable miniaturized projector can display images from mobile information devices such as smart phones or portable media players. Fully revised, this 450-page second edition of Projection Displays provides up-to-date coverage of the optical and mechanical systems in electronic projection displays. It takes into account major new developments in the many technologies needed to manufacture a projector display system. It presents a comprehensive review of projector architectures, systems, components, and devices. Visit www.amazon.com for a copy. Experts and Analysts Assess the Future of the Internet A survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves. They disagree about whether this will lead to more social tolerance, more forgiving human relations, or better home lives. Here are the key findings in a new report based on the survey of experts by the Pew Internet & American Life Project that asked respondents to assess predictions about technology and its role in the year 2020: The mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the internet for most people in the world in 2020. The transparency of people and organizations will increase, but that will not necessarily yield more personal integrity, social tolerance, or forgiveness. Voice recognition and touch user-interfaces with the internet will be more prevalent and accepted by 2020. Those working to enforce intellectual property law and copyright protection will remain in a continuing “arms race,” with the “crackers” who will find ways to copy and share content without payment. The divisions between personal time and work time and between physical and virtual reality will be further erased for everyone who is connected, and the results will be mixed in their impact on basic social relations. “Next-generation” engineering of the network to improve the current internet architecture is more likely than an effort to rebuild the architecture from scratch. “The internet is now used by 1.6 billion people, with another billion expected to be added soon,” said the report’s principal author Janna Anderson, director of the Imagining the Internet Center and associate professor of communications at Elon University. “These experts’ answers reflect continuing concern over the tension between security and privacy issues. They emphasize the importance of enhanced and enlightened cooperation between the leaders involved in decisions about internet architecture and policy.” The report, entitled “Future of the Internet III,” is built around respondents’ responses to scenarios stretching to the year 2020. Full results of the survey, including quotes from hundreds of respondents and brief biographies on many of these people, can be found at www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/expertsurveys/2008survey/default.xhtml. WEGENER TO HOST FORUMS IN NEW YORK AND L.A. Wegener Corporation has announced that the company will host Wegener Forum 2009 in Los Angeles, which will be held on February 17 and 18 at the Hotel Angelino at 170 North Church Lane, Los Angeles, CA. Wegener Forums are regional events held across the country to provide media industry professionals with the latest information about today’s critical media distribution technologies and strategies. The forums feature in-depth discussions and demonstrations related to a wide range of topics, including digital signage, datacasting, file-based video and audio workflows, multisite/client/application networks, bandwidth consumption, IP video, centralized media management, and targeted ad/brand insertion. Register in advance in one of three ways: call Grace Knight at 770-8144021; email corpmail@wegener.com; or visit the registration website at www.wegener.com/CONTACT/forum.php. QUICK FIX RATIONAL ACOUSTICS The Rational Acoustics Noise Stick is a phantom powered pink noise generator designed to do one thing really well — make noise. Sound engineers use pink noise to equalize and “tune” audio systems. The Noise Stick features hand-matched transistors, 1% tolerance resistors, and a Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) random number generator that provides a pseudorandom signal with excellent statistical properties and without any obvious, audible repeats. The output of the Noise Stick’s random number generator drives a hand-tuned filter bank that delivers a pink spectrum that is nominally flat within +/- 0.5 dB from 20 Hz to 20 kHz on a fractional-octave analyzer. U.S. list price is $89. Visit www.rationalacoustics.com. 8 | AV TECHNOLOGY | february | march 2009 www.avtechnologyonline.com http://www.Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/expertsurveys/2008survey/default.xhtml http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/expertsurveys/2008survey/default.xhtml http://www.rationalacoustics.com http://www.wegener.com/CONTACT/forum.php http://www.avtechnologyonline.com
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