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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 …

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Facial Recognition – an undeserved bad rap?

Facial Recognition is, unfortunately, getting a bad rap here and there, and when it comes to surveillance in city streets by “the law”, we understand why. Somehow, the media have not quite figured out that it doesn’t all need to …

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some exciting news for ADA!

Here is one we’re really proud of: we’ve been scratching our heads for a good while to see what we could do to further improve #ADA facilities of our #QuickSilver™ system, and we’re getting pretty close to finishing our first …

more #ADA compliance

ADA compliance is not always easy, and it can certainly be restrictive for designers. That’s where our new systems come in: with an option to fully personalize media delivery, we can be sure to increase the audio level when someone …

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Designing something new

We’re in the middle of installing a QuickSilver™ system in a Visitor Center where there is no printed graphics other than the wall paper. ALL graphics panels and signage are projected, so that the client has the ultimate flexibility when …

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Promise: no more boring museums!

No, museums do not need to be boring. We just need to make sure that our young audiences don’t perceive them that way – and since they’re growing up with graphics tablets in front of them on a daily basis, …

a lower cost solution!

Of course one of the concerns you have when you hear “lower cost solution” is that it might just be not quite what you want…. Here’s the good news – our QuickSilver™ solution does, in fact,provides more possibilities, and more …

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Green AV? LEED? Yes, we can help.

Green AV? LEED requirements? Yes, we can help with that too. First of all, our AV control system takes remarkably little power – but with LifeSaver it gets even better, as we can reduce power when your venue is quiet. …

vanilla spares, anyone?

Less spares – another benefit of non-proprietary systems where the same component is used for multiple functions, as is the case with QuickSilver™. Instead of having boxes full of spares for all the different components that you need for long …

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Stars testing Facial Recognition

Here is a video of Mad’s patent pending Facial Recognition based Media Delivery at work – and we’re using the Stars to do our testing. While developing our patent pending Facial Recognition media delivery system, we had to find a …