Do you buy your AV for today, or are you positively preparing to live with it for the next 20 years? A simple question – yet we are still seeing previous generation systems with built-in obsolesce going in. What will …
More Dormouse features
Some more on Dormouse features. Dormouse is like previous generation tour guide systems only in as much as it provides audio – but it takes the tour guide experience to quite a new level. Since Dormouse can create randomized soundscapes, …
Self-healing tech – do you need it?
Self-healing technology. Do you need it? Well, that depends on who you are. If you’re an AV company that makes their money out service contracts, you probably wish we had not invented it. However, if you’re an end-user with a …
Dormouse, an audio companion
`Suppose we change the subject,’ the March Hare interrupted, yawning. `I’m getting tired of this. I vote the young lady tells us a story.’ `I’m afraid I don’t know one,’ said Alice, rather alarmed at the proposal. `Then the Dormouse …
AV for your multi-national
Wouldn’t it be nice if ALL of your international businesses and projects could share the same AV equipment, so that anyone on the team had the same reference and experience, and so that all of your team’s expertise was accumulative? …
AV in 2020 – a view of the future
Here’s a snapshot of AV in 2020: Our “DrinkMe” design and auto-configuration software will get you into the world of Mad AV where basic AV design and configuration is mostly automated. You’ll just draw your AV system on a plan …
Immersive Audio
Let’s talk some more about immersive audio, and in particular about reasons you’d want to use immersive randomizing audio environment generators instead of those loops that drive you crazy. Some 30 years ago we were working on a pretty prominent …
LEED’s dirty little secret
LEED buildings? It’s time to talk about a dirty little secret: power management of AV systems – something that should be a basic requirement does not appear to be obligatory. Power Management, so often forgotten in RFPs, really matters. This …
International AV and traveling exhibits
Doing AV business internationally can be hard work – with every part of the globe using different types of AV equipment, commonality is hard to find. Also, when traveling shows dealing with the different voltages, frequencies, power plug styles, wiring …
Amazon, Apple and Mad Systems
NEWS JUST IN: Amazon, Apple, and Mad Systems in the same article… we are proud of the level of innovation we are bringing to the world of AV, interactives and customer service related technologies! Going into the new year, and …