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Why the Closing of For-Profit Education Institutions Is Dangerous to AV Industry

Colleges like ITT and Devry offer unique, accelerated educational opportunities that provide the audio visual industry with entry level employees who have base knowledge of IT, electrical, programming, and more.

September 20, 2016 Tim Albright Leave a Comment

It was recently announced that ITT Technical Institute would cease admitting new students, the first step in what will undoubtedly be the school’s eventual shuttering. This was due to a U.S. Department of Education decision to not allow ITT to accept federal funds. There are some who view the for-profit school as nothing short of […]

Calling 911 on Bandwidth: SmartWAN to the Rescue

Mobile devices and enterprise apps tax the capacity of business phone service and web connections. Managed network services provide cost-effective bandwidth.

September 19, 2016 Ed Wynn Leave a Comment

The “bring your own device” (BYOD) trend related to smartphones, tablets and laptops may ease the technology burden for enterprises large and small—yet at the same time it slows down communication networks because of increased bandwidth reliance. The results? Voices echo or break up on business phone service. Streaming audio and video are slow, choppy […]

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Check Out the Networking Behind the Largest Video Display in College Football

Daktronics fields a Dante audio network to support Auburn University’s Jordan-Hare Football Stadium display screen.

September 19, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Auburn University’s Jordan-Hare Stadium—the tenth largest on-campus football stadium in the NCAA—is now home to the largest HD video board in college sports. Designed, built and installed by Daktronics, in Brookings, S.D., this massive 197×57 square foot LED video display is accompanied by equally impactful high-quality sound, delivered over IP by a Dante audio network […]

How Does Internet of Things Work in the Real World?

The Internet of Things is going to make a serious impact on how we interact with the world. You’ve heard that a lot, but what does it mean?

September 16, 2016 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

“Who here has read Flatland?” asks Andrew Milne, Ph.D., the CEO of Tidebreak. The novella takes place in a two-dimensional world wherein the inhabitants tell each other apart by making contact and discovering the shape of those around them. The main character, a square, one day comes across a circle. That circle then shrinks and […]

Chicago’s Green Learning Center Gets a New Video Wall

This installation launches a strategic alliance between NanoLumens and DIRTT to bring fine-pitch LED displays to the corporate interior design market.

September 15, 2016 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The traditional LCD video wall that has been the mainstay of the corporate interior design market is about to become a thing of the past — thanks to a new initiative launched by DIRTT Environmental Solutions, a leading provider of highly customized pre-fabricated interiors, and NanoLumens, the industry-leading manufacturer and marketer of indoor and outdoor […]

EdTech’s Sweetspot: Empowering Teachers Through Technology

Schools adopt technology at different paces depending on a lot of factors. Regardless, technology is the future to empowering our teachers.

September 14, 2016 Fredrik Olofsson Leave a Comment

Technology has long been a part of education, with PCs and interactive whiteboards being a staple during the 90s and early 00s. However, technology has continued to evolve within the education sector as more and more institutions utilized web-based learning and social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Some schools embraced social media, […]

Colossus Video Board Makes Battle at Bristol an Epic Experience for 160,000 Fans

Virginia Tech and Tennessee played before college football’s biggest crowd ever – and under the world’s largest free-standing center-hung display.

September 13, 2016 D. Craig MacCormack Leave a Comment

Every weekend in college football is a big deal, especially in the southern half of the U.S., but this weekend featured the undisputed biggest game in the history of the sport. Not only did the Battle at Bristol pit two of college football’s most successful teams—Virginia Tech and Tennessee—against one another, but it did so […]

Digital Audio Shines Light on Singapore Students’ Talent

Meyer Sound and Spectrum Audio Visual win the 2016 Integration Award in the K-12 education category for the Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system installation at the Singapore American School.

September 12, 2016 Rachel Quetti Leave a Comment

It’s safe to say that an auditorium or any large venue meant to host performances is pretty much nothing without good acoustics and speech intelligibility stemming from digital audio, but that was precisely the challenge one Singapore school faced with its 19-year-old auditorium. The Singapore American School (SAS) is an independent, non-profit, coeducational college preparatory […]

Communicate to the Brain: The Neuroscience of Communication

Anyone who has worked in the world of corporate communication for some period of time knows how important it is to have effective communication between coworkers, departments and stakeholders. Additionally, everyone knows how challenging that can be.

September 12, 2016 Jeremy Teitelbaum Leave a Comment

We all accept that human beings have different and unique ways of communicating, speaking, and interacting, and we have all had the experience of struggling to connect because of those differences. But new scientific research is revealing how and why we are different and building a better understanding of what we can do about it […]