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Direct Connections: How KVM Extension and Switching Improves the Working Environment
KVM, or ‘keyboard, video, mouse,’ allows for the control of multiple computers from a single keyboard, mouse, and monitor station. John Jensen, Senior Sales Engineer at IHSE USA, spoke with Tyler Kern about the benefits of KVM extension and switching on the working environment. “Some things are very simple and common to all KVM…
Unlocking Potential: Precision Spray is the Key to Sustainable Finishing
The textile industry’s history is tainted with a reputation of environmental pollution and waste. But as the industry moves towards a more sustainable future, Baldwin Technology champions that cause with solutions that can make sustainability a reality. Baldwin assists textile manufacturers, brands, and retailers in reaching their sustainability goals and enabling them to be responsible…
The Edge and Beyond: Industry 4.0: The 5G Factor (Part 3)
In the third installment of Christine Boles’ treatise on the intelligent edge’s power to help transform industrial businesses to meet future challenges, Christine explores the emerging role of 5G to accelerate the acquisition of connectivity improvements and speed of sharing data. While the full potential of a move to 5G will take time, Christine…
Houses of Worship Take Center Stage at CFX 2021
This week on Pro AV Today, powered by MarketScale, we take a look at the House of Worship market at the Church Facilities Expo in Dallas, to touch base on how this live events market adjusted its AV integrations to keep spirits high and audiences engaged. Most modern churches have a delicate balance to walk when…
Businesses Are Still Investing in NFTs. Here’s Why You Should, Too.
NFTs had an exciting summer, but after the initial buzz wore off, research showed the NFT bubble had burst. What remained were several unique use cases of NFTs for fashion, sports, collectibles and more, and even with a less ravenous user base post-burst, high-profile players like Time Magazine, Nissan, and Neopets are actively launching NFT…
Imagination Engineered: Leveraging AV Technologies in Classrooms and Offices
With students and teachers returning to the classroom, and as businesses debate bringing employees into the office in permanent or hybrid workflows, one thing is sure: safety is still the primary concern. What strategies can schools and businesses use to leverage audio-visual technologies to make these spaces as engaged, interactive, useful, and safe as…
Can the Rideshare Business Model Address All of its Accessibility Concerns?
Key Points: Gig work transportation companies like Instacart, Lyft and Doordash have faced several ADA lawsuits for lack of application accessibility for the blind and visually impaired. Increasing accessibility for the blind and visually impaired is an issue facing all mobility providers. Rideshare companies fill a crucial gap in the market that can’t be filled…
Designing for Voice feat. Nathan Stratton of Vocinity
Businesses are turning to digital assistants and chatbots to scale communications. But chatbots and digital assistants don’t necessarily replicate a human experience or provide a good experience in all cases. However, new voice and video interfaces are bridging the gap. On this latest episode of Haptic Feedback, Jamie Young, Director of Product Design with…
Is PayPal a Litmus Test for Crypto Adoption?
Blockchain has been steadily expanding its applications and uses cases. Decentralization has proved beneficial for things like peer-to-peer trading across the supply chain, verifiable document sharing, and general traceability of important data. One of the more high profile validators of cryptocurrencies has been with PayPal, recently completing its integration of crypto into its platform…
The Raspberry of My Eye: Electronics Engineers Vote on Raspberry Pi as Favorite SBC
Linux-based Raspberry Pi is one of the most frequently used and tinkered-with single board computers on the market. From low-cost web server hosting, to commercial content distribution, Pi appeals to hobbyists and professionals alike. Even though the most recent iteration gets some flack for USB issues and overheating, and its open-source ecosystem doesn’t meet…
Talk Human to Me: The Future of Voice Technology
Kenneth Sutton, CEO of Yobe, Inc began his company as a business focused on frequency analysis and autism. The goal was to figure out ways for people with autism who found music frequencies in confined spaces to enjoy the music. Sutton’s friend found a way to manipulate frequencies to a more tolerable level. Sutton shared…
NAB Pulls the Plug on This Year’s Show, Attendees Have Mixed Reactions
The Pro AV world was taken by surprise with the cancellation of NAB this October with concerns around COVID’s persistent waves and the financial viability of still holding the show. The organization did make sure to say they’d be welcoming the industry back, in person, in April 2022. But a question looms over the broadcast…
Maverick of Marketing: How B2B Marketers Can Validate Asking for More Budget
With the 2022 budget season heating up, Shannon Maverick, host of Maverick of Marketing, talked to an expert in marketing about his take on how marketers can validate asking for more budget. Scott Todaro, the CMO at Plannuh, Inc. Todaro brought his near thirty years of experience along with him on this journey to…
To The Edge and Beyond: Industry 4.0: The Industrial Intelligent Edge (Part 2)
In part two of a three-part series, Intel’s Christine Boles continues to lay out the intelligent edge’s role in industrial transformation through the convergence of AI and business operations analytics. She shares a roadmap for how companies can use the “edge” to drive greater insight into business operations and enhance their sustainability goals. She…
Why Formula 1 Used AI to Maximize Sponsorships Mid-Pandemic
Key Points In 2020, Formula 1 turned to AI to measure the trackside exposure for its sponsorship partners. AI was also instrumental in optimizing camera angles with a limited staff. F1 needed to maximize sponsorship exposure due to a COVID-led reduction in races in 2020. Commentary Sponsors of Formula 1 pay a premium to have…
Direct Connections: How Technology Can Take Media Post-Production to New Heights
Media post-production has undergone many transformations in its storied processes. In an industry where latency, resolution, and massive file size are factors, technology has to keep the pace. But how can workflows improve to reduce time but not quality? Direct Connections host Daniel Litwin welcomed Jim Pace, Owner of Audio Intervisual Design, an AV…
The History of Parabit
Parabit Systems story begins with a moment of crisis that reshaped ATM safety standards in New York during the 1980s. After a high-profile mugging, state lawmakers mandated card-only access to ATM lobbies, creating both a new regulation and an opportunity. Parabit quickly entered the market with auto-dial telephones and card access systems, products that set…
Airport Installations
Airports across the country are transforming from simple transit hubs into technology-rich experiences that blend convenience with innovation. At McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, new seatback charging stations were tested head-to-head, with Parabit emerging as the preferred choice thanks to both passenger approval and staff usability. This marks a shift toward practical upgrades that…
Aviation Overview
Commercial Device Charging Stations provide traditional and distributed power solutions, optimize flexibility for gate hold charging, and distribute power to help passengers spread out and power up. Parabit creates a Phygital space driving brand experience, and monetize experiences and the data they create.
Customer Experience
Welcome Centers deliver an authentic spirit of place, connect travelers to local resources, and monetize experiences and the data they create. Information booths’ commercial grade design supports highly durable public deployments. Interactive technology provides immediate traveler assistance. Parabit has designed, manufactured, installed, and currently provides monitoring and content updating services for 24 Welcome…
Retail Customer Access Control
Effectively managed access to facilities helps protect customers and assets, and supports knowledge-based decisions saving time and expense. Controlling who enters your facility, and when, has never been more important.
How to Successfully Transfer a Family-Owned Business
Transitioning a business successfully is an inherently challenging process – but it can be made even more difficult when you throw a dash of family in the mix. That’s the topic for this episode of Like It’s Your Job, a podcast by The Shields Group. Hosts Matt and David Shields invited Eric Beichler, Managing Principal,…
How to Watch Apple’s Big iPhone Event
iOS Loyalists, it’s that time of year again! Today, after setting record quarterly revenue in Q4 of 2020, Apple is hitting the product stage now a year a out from that success to stream its annual event announcing new product lines at 1 ET, 12 PM CT. Big hitters include updates on the…
The FAA Says Now is the Best Time in History for the Drone Industry. Here’s Why.
2021’s Commercial UAV Expo just wrapped up, and professionals may agree there’s never been so much positive buzz in the drone world. New beyond visual line of sight laws are coming down the pipeline, innovative companies are addressing the payload delivery problem, and the the number of legal drone deliveries has hit six figures….
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