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Interactive Table for Elementary-school Students

By Linda Seid Frembes

Touch-sensitive tabletop computing is fast becoming a mainstream technology. From election-night coverage to interactive menus built into your restaurant table, data interaction on a horizontal surface is no longer an exotic or bizarre occurrence. Adding to the trend is Smart Technologies...

Signage Streamlines Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Part 1

By John W. DeWitt

When Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center decided to implement a new, hospital-wide clinical, financial, and patient workflow system, it also seemed the right time to replace the dry-erase boards that tracked patients’ progress through operating rooms and other treatment processes. ...

The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: Ronn Residence, Houston

By Trevor Boyer

In early 2004, David Ronn, a bass-playing lawyer in Houston, started the process of building a new house. He wanted his family's new home to be environmentally...

Picture This: LCD Market Watch

By Jeff Sauer

Over the last several years, LCD has become the dominant technology for new HDTV purchases. According to DisplaySearch a market-research firm in Austin,...

Installation Profile: AV Update

By Dan Daley

When the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., graduated its first class in 1854, semaphore flags were the primary means sailors used for long-distance...

World Market Center Las Vegas, Part 2

By John W. DeWitt

World Market Center Las Vegas, host of the semi-annual Las Vegas Market event and year-round home to the Las Vegas Design Center, opened its third building this summer and will continue expanding aggressively over the next five years. To guide visitors and tenants through the rapidly growing, multi-building complex, a sophisticated, custom-developed wayfinding kiosk system was developed and piloted this past summer...

nLighten Technologies on Displays in the Corporate Environment

By Jessaca Gutierrez

SVC recently set down with nLighten Technologies Vice President Ken Lee to discuss the trends in the corporate AV display market, how the market is changing, and what the road ahead looks like. ...

Brains Behind the Wall

By Jay Ankeney

If you listen carefully, you can almost hear the videowall in the lobby of Philadelphia's Comcast Center thinking. For 18 hours a day, the giant 83ft.-wide-by-25ft.-high,...

Picture This: Video Technology at CEDIA

By Jeff Sauer

The slow economy dragged attendance at CEDIA Expo 2008 down by a reported 14 percent from last year. But it didn't stop manufacturers from driving video...

Custom Signage Markets to Patients in Physicians' Offices

By John W. DeWitt

In pursuit of captive audiences beyond traditional retail venues, digital-signage applications are expanding into new market niches. In physicians' offices, for instance, waiting-room televisions are making way for custom digital signage that markets products and services to patients while they wait...