Media are invited to the opening of an innovative digital art installation called Solarium on Feb. 11, 2015, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centers Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The exhibit will be open to media from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. Remarks from the artist and NASA scientists will be at 2 p.m. EST.

Solarium immerses the viewer directly in imagery from the sun's dynamic and explosive atmosphere. Spectacular footage runs from the floor to ceiling. Giant loops of solar material swell up over the suns surface, and eruptions of material five, 10 and 50 times the size of Earth explode out into space.

The opening of Solarium coincides with the fifth anniversary of the launch of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. Solarium uses data from SDO, which has kept a constant watch on the sun since Feb. 11, 2010. This data is publicly available and used by scientists to trace how material courses through layers of the solar atmosphere, called the corona, sometimes catalyzing eruptions that can travel toward Earth and affect our orbiting spacecraft, power grids and other technology.

The creators of Solarium adjusted SDO imagery to elicit a calming, soothing and mesmerizing experience. Each minute of footage is the result of 10 hours of work. The imagery was then paired with audio created at Stanford University in California, with the end result being a truly immersive work of art. Solarium will be a permanent exhibit at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center.

Interview opportunities for news media will be offered. Journalists who would like to attend the event should contact Susan Hendrix by the close of business on Feb. 9. Detailed instructions will be provided to media attending this event.

SDO is the first mission of NASA's Living with a Star Program. The program's goal is to develop the scientific understanding necessary to address those aspects of the sun-Earth system that directly affect our lives and society.

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In-ceiling speakers work the same as regular speakers do, but they are designed to fit into ceilings instead of to sit on shelves. They have frames that go around them to give them enough stability to sit in ceilings, and they are generally round, though rectangular in-wall speakers can also be installed into a ceiling. The ceiling also forms a cabinet around the speakers, so in-ceiling speakers do not sit inside their own cabinets like regular speakers do. The insulation in a ceiling gives in-ceiling speakers a nice, clean sound by muffling any reverberation coming off the speakers. Lastly, in-ceiling speakers can come with grills and screens that match the color of the paint on a ceiling (or they can be painted to match), giving the speakers such a low-profile look that they are only heard and not seen.

In-ceiling speakers have a few different listening uses around a home. They can be used to listen to general music and sound in a home theater system. They can also be used to listen to music while in the kitchen and in the bathroom.

There are many different ways to configure in-ceiling speakers for listening to music around a home. Numerous speakers can be placed throughout the ceiling of a large room to fill it with invisible surround sound. It is also possible to place two mono in-ceiling speakers to create stereo sound, or a single in-ceiling speaker that plays both the left and right channels to produce stereo sound on its own.

In-ceiling speakers are a great solution for a home theater sound system. There is no better way to take in the multifarious noises of an action movie on a Blu-ray disc than to have them come cascading down upon a room. In-ceiling speakers can create full surround sound in a space, whether the speakers are five different mono speakers, or high-end multi-channel speakers with adjustable bass, treble, and midrange sounds.

Cooking is a favorite pastime for many people, and listening to music helps to make the experience almost as indulgent as eating the food afterwards can be. The kitchen is a great place to play music, and in-ceiling speakers are great for this space because they stay tucked away from splashing liquids and bits of food flying off the cutting board. Whether it is playing a few tunes to make time spent chopping a bit more enjoyable, or putting on background music to add ambience to dining, music belongs in the kitchen almost as much as food does.

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Single Speaker

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Long before there was a PC in every home, Ken Gustafson was a computer expert.

He called himself a technology deployment specialist, his term to describe his job as a project manager for the installation of retail network equipment, his family said. When companies needed to go digital or upgrade equipment, Gustafson often was the man who did it.

Most people walk into Home Depot to look at merchandise, but he would look up at the ceiling to see how the wiring was, said Mary Lou Gustafson, Kens wife of 36 years.

He worked for Control Data for many years until the company downsized. He moved to Omaha for the job in the late 1970s.

Gustafson learned he had colon cancer about a year and a half ago, and he died Friday at his home, surrounded by family members. He was 66.

Kenneth E. Gustafson was born in Springfield, Illinois, and graduated from high school in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, where he was the salutatorian of his class. He attended Bemidji State University in Minnesota and received a bachelors degree in computer science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

His wife and children, however, say he was way more than a computer guy.

He was a patient and gentle person who was dedicated to his family and could fix anything, they said.

When the pastor asked him what his legacy was, he said he was a family man, his wife said.

He enjoyed taking cross-country car trips with his loved ones, traveling to various national parks in California, Colorado, Utah and elsewhere. The parks were the perfect places for two of his hobbies: fly-fishing and photography.

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