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Lighting Up Education

Lighting Up Education

The next time you see projection video in an entertainment venue, think of it as also mentoring a student in elementary or high school. That’s because the projection has been discovering potentially vast new fields to till in the education sector. The penetration of digital, widescreen, HD and other advanced projection technology into education environments are difficult to measure precisely but anecdotal evidence suggests it has become a huge trend. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) estimated that at its annual convention in San Antonio the 40 projection systems manufacturers that exhibited there last July had doubled in a little over five years. 

Taming the Cable Monster

“Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” — Robert Armstrong as
Carl Denham in the original King Kong (1933).

 

There’s a new movie in the making that will soon be playing in theatres and performing arts spaces everywhere. It’s about a new protocol that goes up against a monster bundle of cable. The winners in this battle are the techies and end users of large lighting systems. 

Heavy Metal Thunder

I’ve been having a lot of fun this year doing something I don’t often do — lighting heavy metal tours. While it’s not my favorite kind of music, I am having a blast. I mean, what other genre of music enables you to hit 160 cues in a three-minute song?

 

Ya gotta be kidding me.

    So my gal and I are relaxing watching CNN cover the Republican convention. Final night, it’s time to hear Mr. McCain accept his party’s nomination. So I tune in to see what he has to say. And instead of hearing him I can only think of one thing…, this is the worst lighting and video presentation I have ever seen on TV.

Siel-Satis

Oct. 19-22, 2009 Paris Expo-Porte de Versailles Paris, France www.siel-expo.com

LDI

Nov. 20-22, 2009 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, FL www.ldishow.com

State of the audience

After the last few weeks I gotta wonder about the intelligence of today’s young audiences. They can be talked into just about anything.