Europe-Bruce Springsteen is a rock star that loves to play live.For his lighting designer Jeff Ravitz,keeping the visual excitement real can be quite a challenge.Although Springsteen has sold more than 120m albums worldwide,he is notorious ...
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UK-When HOW-TO Sound Workshop's chief instructor,Mike Sokol,started out in church sound,the average house of worship audio system often consisted of a few microphones and a basic console-all typically locked away behind a sign reading'Do ...
Tags: church audio training, Lab.Gruppen, audio engineers, E Series
The Mars rover Curiosity is on a mission to deliver what scientists hope will be groundbreaking scientific research that wouldn't be possible without robotics,according to a NASA chief engineer. "It's critical to this mission,"said Louise ...
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity powers up its laser and examines the neighborhood. ChemCam in action After nearly two weeks on the Martian surface,the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover has used its ChemCam laser characterization ...
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Denmark-The end of June saw the annual Thy Rock festival held in Thisted,north-west Denmark.Celebrating the best of Danish music,this year's festival saw a Coda Audio PA system and multiple DiGiCo consoles feature. Audio ...
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Japan-Martin Audio's award-winning MLA system is continuing to wow audiences in the Far East,having completed a successful tour of duty at Japan's largest festival,Rock in Japan. Promoted by music magazine publishers,Rockin'On,and an ...
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Computerworld - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took its first, albeit short, drive on the Martian surface today and now scientists say it's just about ready to head out on its first real trek. "I'm pleased to report that Curiosity today had ...
The last installment in this three-part series tackles the challenges faced by makers. Shenzhen represents more than 70 percent of Guangdong province's lighting products. The bulk of the latter's LED light shipments of $3.81 billion ...
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The global financial services sector still faces upheaval, five years after the credit crunch decimated its ranks. But how have IT strategies changed in the years since the UK government was forced to nationalise Northern Rock? Five years ...
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Germany-TTL Veranstaltungstechnik,based in Ochtrup Germany,has invested in a complete Nexo 45°N-12 monitor package,which it is putting to work over the summer festival season. Based not far from Hannover,near the border with the ...
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Simulating the Mars mission Computational curiosity Landing system IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week. Mars missions in the past have not had a great track record. But the landing ...
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Ukraine-A Jands Vista L5 was chosen by lighting and visuals designer,Rob Sinclair,to control lighting and media for British rock legends,Queen.Their recent string of high profile shows featured American Idol star Adam Lambert as lead ...
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Live at the Hard Rock Cafe Hungary-At the very heart of Budapest city is the Váci 1 shopping and entertainment centre.Originally built between1911 and 1915 and one time host to the Budapest Stock ...
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UK-The eagerly anticipated shortlist of lighting designers nominated for the coveted Knight of Illumination Award has been released. Organised by the ALD,STLD and Clay Paky and now in its fifth year,the Knight of Illumination Awards ...
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Computerworld - If you want to know more about a new rock band or a new restaurant, you'll probably do a search. But then you'll realize a few of your friends might know something about that band or that restaurant and already have an ...