Recently, I had the opportunity to catch up with one of the hardest-working programmers in media servers, Michael Zinman, owner of The Zinman Co. (zinmanco.com). His work can be seen on a wide variety of television shows ranging from awards shows like ESPN’s Espy Awards to game shows like NBC’s Minute to Win It. In addition to designing content and programming for broadcasts, Zinman also is a prolific software designer, the creator of iPhone apps including In Your Back Pocket and Genielux. I wanted to find out more, so I tracked him down for a discussion on how the role of the Media Server Programmer & Designer has evolved.
Read More »Color is a powerful, if mercurial, tool. There are no absolutes with color. Blue or white do not exist. There are only relative degrees of color. Controlling the relative aspects of color should not require guesswork. A solid grasp of the basic properties of color perception is all we need.
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April 2 is National Autism Awareness Day. In case one doesn’t know, this disease is now an epidemic, and one in every 100 kids born is being diagnosed with this incurable condition. In honor of this day, the Autism society has requested that everyone turn on a blue light. Structures such as the Empire State Building and John Hancock Tower turned blue that weekend to raise awareness about this alarming statistic. The fact that we are using something so simple as a colored light to draw attention to a cause makes me happy. You can see these at www.lightitupblue.org.
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Times Square Lighting’s 1900 Series lighting fixtures is the next series of fixtures from the company to use Helieon LED light modules. These LEDs feature a separated socket and module, helping users change beam spreads easily and rapidly without the use of tools. A simple turn-and-click can change a luminaire from 24, 32 or 50 degrees. Beam angle, color temperature and light output can also be easily changed or upgraded without the need to remove the luminaire. The 1900 Series is designed to deliver clean white light without pixelation, and the Helieon module is projected to deliver, on average, more than 70% lumen maintenance after 50,000 hours of operation.
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