CEDIA has announced the 2017 Americas and Asia Pacific finalists for the Home Technology Professional Awards competition, which honour the best projects completed by home technology professional members in the past year.
With the roll out of the NBN across the network, it's not just the consumers that are confused. The Australian Registered Cablers', Kevin Fothergill, dicsusses how cablers can capitalise on the arrival of the NBN and reclaim their place in this game of (cable) thrones.
Attracting interest in the hospitality industry this year was the voice-enabled cognitive rooms concept launched in April, powered by IBM Watson. Hotel rooms are fitted with Watson-enabled voice recognition or panel controllers – or both – in an attempt to deliver a better experience for guests. Watson’s voice recognition capabilities are linked to room functionality – ask Watson to turn up the heat and he will… as long as he understands your accent!
With the rise in BYOD meetings and flexible work environments changing the way we interact, communicating with teams can be a challenge. Ricoh's UCS Advanced is a cloud video conferencing service that provides interoperability using a Virtual Meeting Room. Virtual Meeting Room enables you to hold a video meeting with many video participants who can all hear and see each other, as well as share a presentation.
Having worked with Milestone AV in various capacities over the past 10 years, Gary Kayye from Rave Publications offers his opinion on the merger of these two giant companies and can see nothing but fantastic things about this acquisition
Hills will launch Revolabs’ highly anticipated Yamaha-branded CS-700 huddle room system to the ANZ market at Integrate 2017. The CS-700 bundles all the necessary meeting room requirements into a single device, incorporating USB, VoIP and Bluetooth connectivity with speakers, microphones and content sharing. Keep the table clutter free and achieve superb video/sound integration with the CS-700.
“Our houses are no longer simply homes, but where we work, study, socialise and shop. We demand dwellings that celebrate the rituals of domestic life and allow for privacy and a change of mood.” Can anyone possibly argue with the accuracy of this observation? According to Miles, the smart homes of today and tomorrow are becoming increasingly “perceptive, responsive and autonomous.”
For the last decade, Powermove Distribution has been at the forefront of technology, delivering home entertainment to the Australian Consumer in every form. Powermove are the official distribution agents for brands such as; Pioneer, Toshiba Televisions and Philips. Products that will be featured at Integrate 2017 have a large emphasis on Home and Commercial network intergration, with a large range of products featuring Chromecast built-in, primed to integrate with Google Home.
In education the ability to hear what is being said during lectures is something that is of paramount importance. However, sometimes modern building materials and stylish aesthetics are not always conducive to pleasing acoustics.
