The technical ministry of Perimeter Church in Duluth, Georgia has bolstered its lighting inventory with the purchase of seven Clay Paky Alpha Spot 1200 HPEs from Bandit Lites. Perimeter Church has a large campus with seven auditoriums, including a main auditorium seating about 2,300 people. All of them feature fully-functioning audio, video and lighting systems.

“When we were asked to raise the bar on the sets we use on our main stage for the weekend services, we quickly realized that our existing lighting inventory was not up to the challenge of lighting the new sets to the quality level they deserved,” says engineering development manager Matthew Reeves. more

WHEELING, ILLINOIS – Of the 514 students who attend Mark Twain Elementary School in Wheeling, Illinois, 427 come from homes in which Spanish is the first language. The school embraces diversity and seeks to help students succeed in an increasingly technological society. As part of that mission, the school chose Rosa Kuhn to fill the position of computer and IT instructor five years ago. Before assuming her new duties, Kuhn served over two decades as a bilingual teacher in the district. She recently invested in an HHB FlashMic that allows students to make recordings of lessons and projects that are easily uploaded to the Internet. Students analyze their speech at home and share their work with family and friends. more

David and Christopher Thaler have been in the television production business for more than 20 years. Working for a wide array of broadcast, cable and corporate clients, the brothers have captured motion images on everything from 35mm film to DV tape. In recent years their Emmy Award-winning New York-based company, Thaler Films, has provided production services for many top-rated cable series, including John Edward Cross Country, on WE tv, featuring the world-famous psychic medium, author and lecturer. When the show‘s producer asked if they could capture high-def close-ups of John Edward interacting with audience members, but do it inconspicuously with a telephoto lens from the back of a 5,000-seat studio, David Thaler sought an alternative to the cameras they had been using to shoot this live-to-tape series. more

On-campus financial trading labs offer huge benefits, including attracting high-level students and providing exceptional post-graduate job prospects
SHAWNEE, KS – March 3, 2008 – Rise Vision, Inc., a provider of web-based content management software for control of digital signage networks, announces that it is outfitting eight more business schools with digital signage solutions for their campus-based financial trading labs. These facilities are a fast-growing feature among business schools, as they offer real-life “Wall Street” experience that provides students with a post-graduate hiring advantage in financial services careers. Rise Vision, Inc. has worked with more than 100 business schools to deploy the technology they need to build a financial trading lab, including LED stock tickers, large format LCD displays, and financial quotes and headline news to create a dynamic financial atmosphere. more

LAKEWOOD, NJ, MARCH 3, 2008 – In order to help InfoComm bring the latest industry trends to professionals working in all areas of the pro AV market through its Academy Installation Courses, Neutrik, designer and manufacturer of the XX series XLR cable connector, recently donated thousands of connectors to the organization‘s educational services. Now, attendees can get a first-hand-look at connectivity. more

Vigilant to Incorporate Extreme‘s REG® License Plate Capture in CarDetector LPR Platform

Extreme CCTV announces that its REG® license plate capture cameras will be used in Vigilant Video‘s CarDetector Mobile License Plate Recognition System (CDMS). Vigilant Video‘s LPR system is designed to provide automated “Hot-List” alarming of “Bad Guy” license plates matched against any federal and state databases. more

Pi Shurlok, a world leader in automotive engineering services and the development and manufacture of electronic products for the international OEM market, is using Prism Sound‘s dScope Series III audio analyzer to thoroughly test a new audio product it is developing for its core market. more

Electrosonic Systems Inc. (Electrosonic) was contracted by The Metropolitan Opera to install compact AV systems in five New York City-area schools, one in each borough, to enable them to participate in the “Metropolitan Opera: Live in High Definition” series of performances. more

Multipurpose Push-Button Panel Offers Highly Configurable Control

SYLMAR, Calif. — Feb. 20, 2008 — DNF Controls today announced the availability of its new Universal Switch Panel (USP), a panel of multipurpose, configurable push-button switches with an easy-to-use interface designed to meet the wide range of control needs for broadcast, production, A/V, and industrial environments. The USP emulates the operation of mechanical push-buttons, while adding a high degree of flexibility and application-specific functionality not available in conventional push-button panels. more

Crestron today released a new technical paper to share its expertise on environmental system management and control. Entitled “Intelligent Efficiency: Crestron Makes Life Greener™”, this comprehensive seven page document provides dealers and integrators with valuable tips, techniques and case studies for optimizing energy efficient control solutions in commercial and residential applications. more