News in the Design Engineering Industry

Sony Unveils Latest Generation Of 4K SXRD Projectors

Nov 13, 2008

Sony is expanding its line of 4K SXRD® projectors with two new models designed to deliver enhanced contrast, higher brightness, and ...

Desert Tech: Training In Projection, Rigging, And Electrical Safety

Nov 13, 2008, By Jake Pinholster

Responding to a need for professional training and development, the Joint Training Initiative of The ESTA Foundation and USITT announces Desert Tech: Electrical, Rigging and Projection Training Sessions ...

London’s Royal Opera House Upgrades To ETC Eos® System

Nov 13, 2008

At a special press conference on Saturday Oct. 25 at LDI 2008, ETC and the Royal Opera House and ETC signed an agreement to replace the main auditorium’s Obsessions with three ETC Eos 8K systems...

Daktronics ProPixel® Freeform Video Sticks Installation At The Americana

Nov 12, 2008

Daktronics Inc. of Brookings, SD, has installed its first ProPixel® video stick element display at The Americana in Glendale, California ...

Panel Discussion On Lumen Legislation In NYC Tonight

Nov 12, 2008

The New York section (IESNYC) of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) is holding a panel discussion tonight on Lumen Legislation ...

LDI 2008 Booth Awards

Nov 12, 2008

Didn't make it to the show? Still wondering which booths were the best? Here's announcing the 2008 booth awards at LDI ...

Announcing The Winners Of ESTA's Member Choice Awards

Nov 11, 2008

The anxiously awaited ESTA Members' Choice Product Awards were announced at the LDI Awards Ceremony......

LDI2008 Awards Announced

Nov 11, 2008

LDI held its annual award ceremony on Ocotber 25 in Las Vegas, at which the booth awards, and the following awards were presented....

Tim Hansen Receives 2008 Eva Swan Award At LDI

Nov 10, 2008

ESTA announces the 2008 Eva Swan Award was presented to Tim Hansen for his exceptional service to the Association over many years ...

ETCP Exams Offered At USITT 2009 In Cincinnati, Ohio

Nov 7, 2008

The ETCP Council is pleased to announce another opportunity for technicians to take the electrical, arena rigging, and theatre rigging examinations in a paper and pencil administration...

In Memoriam: Neutrik USA President Jim Cowan, 1956-2008

Nov 6, 2008, By George Petersen

Jim Cowan passed away peacefully on November 5, 2008 after a bout with cancer...

White Spaces Devices Get Green Light From FCC

Nov 4, 2008

The Federal Communications Commission today voted to allow technology companies like Google, Microsoft, Dell, and Motorola to produce “white spaces” devices that will use the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum now being used by wireless microphone systems...

The ESTA Foundation And USITT Announce Training Sessions At Arizona State University

Nov 4, 2008

The Joint Training Initiative of The ESTA Foundation and USITT announces electrical, rigging, and projection training sessions to be held at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona...

The Little Costume Shop Designs

Nov 4, 2008

Award-winning costume designer Vinilla Burnham has launched The Little Costume Shop, a collection of costume miniatures made to order and sold individually in limited editions. ...

Working For A Living

Nov 3, 2008, By Larry Zoll

There's no getting around it: designing for a living is not an easy way to make a career. There's a lot of personal sacrifice involved, and unless you're...

Burning Up With The Jonas Brothers

Nov 3, 2008, By Lisa Murphy

Disney darlings the Jonas Brothers just wrapped the second leg of the massive Burning Up tour in support of debut album, It's About Time, with additional...

Broadway Urges FCC To Reconsider Rules That Could Silence Live Theatre

Oct 31, 2008

Actors wear wireless microphones that transmit on frequencies soon to be compromised by consumer devices...

The UVA d3 And The Future Of Media And Control

Oct 30, 2008, By Jake Pinholster

This isn’t an introduction to the UVA d3. Michael S. Eddy wrote a great piece on the system in April. ...

Mitsubishi Electric And C-nario Announce Partnership In Benelux, Eastern Europe, Russia, CIS And Turkey

Oct 30, 2008

Mitsubishi Electric’s Visual Information Systems Division in the Netherlands, and C-nario, a global provider of digital signage software solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to provide comprehensive digital signage solutions ...

Digital Lighting Proliferation

Oct 30, 2008, By Jake Pinholster

With the acquisition of High End by Barco a little over a year ago and Barco’s simultaneous release of the DML 1200 ...

Idols Of Imagery

Oct 28, 2008, By Ellen Lampert-Greaux

Behind the glitzy facades of Las Vegas hotels, where a million megawatts of electricity illuminate the night, nightclubs have discovered that video is...

How Do You Teach Magic?

Oct 28, 2008, By Jake Pinholster, Kirby Malone, & Gail Scott White

Since the last education issue in October 2007, a lot has happened within the field of projection design . We've been added to the designers' union, United...