Designing Lecterns to Accommodate Today’s Technology
March 1, 2005
The layout of “technology lecterns” is always an issue. The challenge is most every user has a different opinion! Grouping requirements to create a lectern that satisfies the most users is no easy task, but there are fundamental questions that
Standards On-line and Up-to-Date
January 1, 2005
While attending the California Council Desert Practice Conference in October we had the chance to talk with David Richards of IHS Engineering. IHS is the world’s largest distributor of technical standards, codes, specifications, and related documents. Their Standards Store allows
Projection Screens You Can Write On
January 1, 2005
In smaller conference rooms it seems like there is never enough room for the white board and the projection screen. One option is to use the white board as the projection surface. While a white board that can be projected
Question of the Month: Automatic Microphone Mixer
September 1, 2004
Q. I have been told that installing an automatic microphone mixer in my sound system will eliminate feedback. Is this true? A. No! The complete elimination of feedback is a myth about automatic microphone mixers. Installing an automatic mixer will
Computer History Museum
September 1, 2004
One of the neat things about our corporate headquarters’ is its location in the San Francisco Bay area. We have two great baseball teams, two great football teams, arena football, soccer, hockey, and basketball plus many museums to visit once
Digital IMAX
September 1, 2004
Earlier this month at the Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSTA) conference in Montréal, we had the chance to see Spiderman 2 on a big, IMAX size screen. If you have not been to an IMAX or other Large Format Cinema
Cell Phones
September 1, 2004
Tired of cell phone interruptions and the poor etiquette of others when they are on cell phone calls? It seems that four churches in Monterrey, Mexico are too! They have started jamming calls. The $1,500 jammers are boxes about the
InfoComm 04 Wrap Up
June 1, 2004
InfoComm 04 was a success by all measures, attendance was up, and more people were trained than ever before in the history of the conference. The sessions led by our team included: Facilities Design for Universities, June 5-7, 2004 (Three
Another Neat New Loudspeaker
May 1, 2004
Part of the solution for the Bloomingdale’s Medinah Temple Home Store was finding a loudspeaker that sounded good, but had a small “form factor”. We had previously used TOA’s H-1 loudspeaker for pew back audio systems in churches and for
HDTV Update!
April 1, 2004
If you have been to your local electronics retailer lately, you likely noticed the explosion of HDTVs (High Definition Televisions). You might already own your own HDTV. With the FCC mandated conversion well under way, we felt it might be