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An LD and His iPad

Illustration by Andy Au

An LD and His iPad

My wife was concerned that our three-year-old wants to spend all his time with the iPad. Then I mentioned that someone told me the first word spoken by his 18-month-old daughter most mornings is “iPad.” I don’t know right from wrong when it comes to kids and mobile devices. But I do know that if we are playing with a toy and I get an important business call, I can hand my child the iPad and he will stop whining immediately.

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Daktronics handheld maintenance pendant

Daktronics Control Pendant

Daktronics’ new maintenance and limit-testing pendant, which works with the company’s Pro Series control system, responds to user requests for a convenient way to prove during commissioning that hoists stop in the correct position. The handheld pendant verifies that there are fewer than six inches between the normal hard struck limit switch and the hard ultimate overtravel limit switch, according to rigging operations manager Dave Rossi, who calls this “a huge advantage during commissioning.” The pendant will be featured at Daktronics’ USITT booth #770.

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Elektralite LED Pancake fixtures

Dorsett Uses Elektralite LEDs for Indoor/Outdoor Corporate Event

Farmingdale, NY — Dorsett Productions handled the holiday event for a Mississippi vessel builder at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center. Dorsett used a number of Elektralite fixtures to light the interior party area as well as the exterior – including the shipyard doors of its corporate headquarters across the Mississippi River from the convention center.

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TL-A300

VMB TL-A150, TL-A300 Line Array Lifts

The VMB TL-A150 lifts 150kg (331 lbs.)  to a height of 5.3m (17.4 ft.) while the TL-A300 lifts 300kg (662 lbs.) to a height of 5.8m (19 ft.). Both lifts maintain compact features and the ALS (Auto Lock Security) system, a safety feature which automatically locks the lift masts as they rise. The two new lifts also have the new built-in feature, the SRS (Sequence Retainer System), which means that the sections of the lift rise and descend in sequence, one after the other.

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