SUNNYVALE, CA – Osram Opto Semiconductors announced a 30 percent boost in the efficiency of red thin-film LEDs under development. The advance, which bodes well for smaller, brighter and cooler fixtures, also holds promise for LED products with better color rendering.
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SPRINGFIELD, OH – R&M Materials Handling, Inc., recognized several key partners at the R&M Master Distributor Meeting for their sales efforts during the challenging economic conditions in 2009. Jim Vandegrift, R&M president, also presented the 2009 President's Award to George Simmons.
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RUEDESHEIM, Germany – Michaela Janke, a student at the Cologne University for Applied Science's conservation and restoration institute, came up with the idea of using light projections to give visitors to the Broemserhof a better idea of what its centuries-old murals looked like before they were heavily damaged in World War II.
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LONDON – The Projection Studio designed a 90-minute video projection for a Buckingham Palace ballroom for a concert marking the 90th anniversary of The Not Forgotten Association, which was founded in 1920 to entertain disabled military personnel and veterans.
Read More »SANTA FE, NM – S. Leonard Auerbach of Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design, is on the faculty for the 2010 Concert Hall Research Group (CHRG) Summer Institute, taking place at July 25-29 at La Fonda in Santa Fe, N.M.
Read More »MILWAUKEE, WI – Bradley Center, home to sporting events featuring the Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee Admirals, Milwaukee Iron and others, is renovating its LED video elements with help from Lighthouse, TS Sports and Anthony James Partners.
Read More »NEW YORK – BSR E1.17 – 201x, Entertainment Technology – Architecture for Control Networks, has been posted for review. The draft standard is a suite of documents that revise sections of the existing ANSI E1.17 – 2006.
Read More »The responsibilities of an automated lighting programmer are similar to that of an airplane pilot in several ways. We have to control expensive equipment, ensure… Read More »A Pre-Flight Checklist
Read More »LAS VEGAS – The nominations from PLSN readers are in, the regional finalists for the 2010 Lighting Company of the Year have been named, and now it's time for you, the readers of PLSN, to vote on the top regional lighting company in five regions of the U.S. and Canada.
Read More »KENT, U.K. – A backstage crew worker died after sustaining head injuries related to a fall before a July 15 concert featuring Will Young at Rochester Castle. Police and emergency workers cordoned off the accident scene, rushed the worker to the hospital in an ambulance, and the concert proceeded after an hour and a half delay.
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NASHVILLE – On Wednesday July 21 Bandit Lites will be hosting a open house at their Nashville, Tenn. location. In support of Bandit Lites, A.C.T Lighting will be on hand to demo the grandMA2 console range and MA Lighting's VPU media server. Also making its American debut will be MDG's theONE multi-function atmospheric machine.
Read More »LONDON, ON – Ultratec Special Effects Inc., a special effects and pyrotechnics manufacturer, and Pyrotechnics Management Inc., manufacturers of the Fire One Pyrotechnics Control System, announced a strategic alliance.
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