Christie announced its ShowEast presence, which will focus on complementing Christies digital-cinema projection and audio equipment with new experiential displays including media offerings and digital experiences assembled to drive revenue for its global cinema customer base. Specifically, Christie Professional Services will debut its new Christie Experiential Networks solutions for exhibitors, studios and brands. Built around the theme From the Street to the Screens, it is designed to transform patrons entire cinema experience with outdoor projection mapping and a fully interactive, multiplatform, revenue-generating digital hub inside.

Denys Lavigne, who leads experience strategy and creative services at Christie, will share his decades of knowledge of content creation and distribution on the "Monetizing Your Digital InvestmentNew Technologies to Serve the Exhibition Community" panel, scheduled for Oct. 28 at 8:30 a.m. in Atlantic Ballrooms 2 and 3 at the convention center.

Christie is one of the few international companies to offer 360-degree, completely integrated digital signage delivery, from strategy and content creation to system design and deployment of all visual displays, including software and content integration as well as enterprise-level network operations center, maintenance and ongoing technical support to keep those systems running 24/7.

On Oct. 28 at 3:45 p.m. in auditorium 19 of the AMC Aventura 24 multiplex, ShowEast attendees can experience the dynamic, detailed sound of the Christie Vive Audio line, integrated with Dolby Atmos. The demo will feature Christies latest LA4 line-array screen channels and LA5S wall surround speakers, which are components of the worlds first cinema line-array sound system specifically designed for auditoriums over 400 seats. The Christie Vive Audio Premium Large Format (PLF) speakers feature the patented six-inch Christie planar ribbon-driver technology, designed for motion picture playback of DCI digital cinema audio format and supporting leading formats such as Dolby Atmos, Auro 11.1, and 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound.

In addition to the LA4 and LA5S, the new speaker line includes the Christie LA4 and LA5 line-array speakers, the Christie LA4S and LA5S line-array surround, and the Christie LA4C and LA5C ceiling surround.

The introduction of Christie Vive Audio last summer was a true game-changer, revealing more accurately the full, dynamic details of the new generation of surround sound technology. Its installation has quickly gained momentum among global exhibition, says Kathryn Cress, Christies VP, global and corporate marketing. With its new line of premium, large-format speakers, Christie has again redefined audio excellence, providing exhibitors with a full range of digital cinema sound solutions for every auditorium, regardless of acoustic environment or physical size.

The annual ShowEast conference is being held at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida, Oct. 27-30.

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Denys Lavigne, who leads experience strategy and creative services at Christie, will share his decades of knowledge of content creation and distribution on the "Monetizing Your Digital InvestmentNew Technologies to Serve the Exhibition Community" panel, scheduled for Oct. 28 at 8:30 a.m. in Atlantic Ballrooms 2 and 3 at the convention center.

Christie is one of the few international companies to offer 360-degree, completely integrated digital signage delivery, from strategy and content creation to system design and deployment of all visual displays, including software and content integration as well as enterprise-level network operations center, maintenance and ongoing technical support to keep those systems running 24/7.

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Powdered egg manufacturer saves over $150,000 annually by implementing pneumatic conveying system.

Nutriom sets the bar high when it comes to producing its premium quality natural powdered egg products Ova Easy and Egg Crystals, that are sold at outdoor retailers such as REI, and online merchants such as Amazon.com; so, when the screw conveyor in their FSIS USDA facility required regular unexpected attention, Leonardo Etcheto, Plant Manager at the Lacey, WA facility knew it was time to look for a better solution.

Nutriom developed a unique process to produce its egg products which preserves the flavor and functionality of the eggs, and needed a materials handling system that would work within that specialized process to improve efficiency without damaging the crystals.

The screw conveyor was a difficult system to handle, says Etcheto. There were a lot of moving parts and that meant there were more things that could go wrong. It was a difficult system to clean and to perform maintenance.

Improved efficiency and gentle transfer werent the only provisions Etcheto required. Our technology is very different and were a little pickier than your average company. We needed a conveyor manufacturer that was able to modify its equipment to meet our needs, he says.

When attending a trade show for food manufacturers, Etcheto visited the booths of conveyor manufacturers. We wanted something that would not touch the product, allow us to be full stainless steel, and one of the biggest things is we wanted to get away from having to use oil, he says.

The food-grade screw conveyor at the Lacey plant had a plastic housing outside the screw conveyor. Plastic components from equipment in the food industry hold the potential to deposit debris or shavings into product undetected, and Nutriom preferred to eliminate that potential. The screw conveyor also housed a gearbox on top of the unit that required expensive H1 lubricants that on occasion, despite regular maintenance, would leak and create a mess.

After contacting a couple of East coast pneumatic conveyor manufacturers, Etcheto decided that one of the manufacturers could accommodate all his requirements. We have a lot of height restrictions because our building is older and has many areas with low ceilings and VAC-U-MAX was able to come up with a system that could fit in the space that we needed to fit into.

Celebrating its 60th year designing and manufacturing innovative pneumatic conveyor systems and support equipment for the conveying, weighing, and batching of dry materials, Belleville, NJ-based VAC-U-MAX is a pioneer with many industry firsts including air-powered venturi power units, direct-loading of vacuum-tolerant process equipment, and vertical-wall Tube Hopper material receivers.

Etcheto began with one pneumatic conveying system from the company and, based on its successful performance, we just kept adding, he says. The facility utilizes two pneumatic conveyors that connect to packaging systems, two that connect to the low temperature driers and two that connect to a mixer--one system breaks up the powder and puts it into the mixer and the other pulls it out.

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Among the more than 175 diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C., few stand out more than the South African Embassy on Massachusetts Avenues Embassy Row. Marked by its iconic Nelson Mandela statue, the embassys twin Dutch Colonial buildings are now joined in the middle by a new glass atrium shaded with a striking Cambridge Architectural wire mesh faade.

The atrium is the centerpiece of architect Davis Brody Bonds recent renovation of the embassy. Cambridges stainless steel screen, woven in the companys triangular Shade pattern, covers the atriums exterior south-facing faade and wraps it in a continuous ribbon that carries under the front entrance as a ceiling as well.

The architect chose Cambridge mesh for its modern, woven appearance, solar shading characteristics and transparency.

While giving respect to history, we used Cambridge mesh to help marry the two 1935 structures with a new progressive space and design, said Robert Anderson, director for Davis Brody Bonds Washington, D.C. office.

The atrium replaces the embassys former connecting bridge and open courtyard and expands its interior to include a pubic welcoming area, conference rooms and special events space.

The initial design concept called for bronze mesh panels but eventually evolved to the more modern stainless steel look.

Visible from Massachusetts Ave., our mesh is the perfect architectural complement to blend the beautiful limestone buildings and provide a backdrop that accents the Mandela statue, said Ann Smith, Manager of Architectural Business Development for Cambridge Architectural. Its also an effective screen for shading the south-facing faade and ceiling while allowing sufficient light to brighten the atrium.

The mesh is wrapped around custom manufactured attachments (based on Cambridges Scroll attachment system) at the green roof level and front entrance ceiling. Its mounted off the glass to allow for a custom-designed window washing system.

Wire mesh continues on the inside of the atrium to accent the ceiling in the new open public area. Large framed mesh panels are also installed as hinged ceiling panels for easy HVAC access.

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Lasers have been installed atSaint-Eustache cathedral in Paris Worshiperscontrolthe lighting by sending texts from their smartphones Artist behind the installation says the light show, whichresemblesa constellation ofstars, itencouragespeople to 'communicate with heaven' Beams of light work with the cathedral'sGothicarchitecture and agiant cross is illuminated on the building's vaulted ceiling

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Published: 08:55 EST, 17 October 2014 | Updated: 14:40 EST, 17 October 2014

Dappled colourful sunlight filtering though stained glass windows and flickering candlelight may spring to mind when thinking of churches.

But one cathedral in France has got a more hi-tech solution to creating an inspiring space.

Worshippers visiting Saint-Eustache cathedral in Paris are being treated to a laser light show created by using their smartphones.

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Let there be light! Worshippers visiting Saint-Eustache cathedral in Paris are being treated to a laser light show created by using their smartphones

The lighting changes in response to text messages sent from peoples smartphones, to a number used by the cathedral.

Artist Filipe Vilas-Boas created the installation, Shooting Thoughts, in the cathedral, where the laser beams create what looks like a constellation of stars as well as a large cross.

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Step into France's Saint-Eustache cathedral, andunlike most places of worshipyou won't be asked to turn your cellphone off. Instead, you'll be told to send a text message to the building, which is then converted into part of a laser show.

Called Shooting Thoughts, the installation byFilipe Vilas-Boas uses test messages to trigger mapped laser beams. In turn, they create a kind of constellation of stars on the ceiling of the cathedral. The beams traverse the columns and pillars of the church, using the architecture as a kind of pathway, before they reach the ceiling and join forces to form shapes. Vilas-Boas explains:

"The pillars are used as launch stations that carry the star to its final destination on the ceiling of the church via the arches and vaults. Like all of us, each star finds its place at its own speed with its individual trajectory."

The results are mesmeric. You can see the installation in action in the video, below. [Shooting Thoughts via Creator's Project via Engadget]

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Contemporary art Exhibitions Fairs United Kingdom Trio of Richard Tuttle exhibitions includes his largest work to date in the Tates Turbine Hall

By Julia Halperin. From Frieze daily edition Published online: 14 October 2014

Less has never been as less as this, the critic Hilton Kramer wrote in a scathing review of Richard Tuttles first mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1975. The exhibition of unassuming worksincluding dyed, irregularly shaped canvases laid on the floor and thin wires pinned to the wallwas so poorly received that it led to the firing of one of the museums top curators.

Tuttle, however, is having the last laugh. The US artist and his traditionally marginalised media are the subject of three simultaneous exhibitions worldwide. A joint exhibition in Tate Moderns Turbine Hall and at the Whitechapel Gallery in London focuses on the artists use of textiles. Meanwhile, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Maine is hosting the first retrospective of Tuttles prints.

The 40m-wide installation in the Turbine Halla combination of fabrics dyed midnight blue, deep red and bright orange and hung from the ceilingis the artists largest work to date. It is also the first textile of this scale the Turbine Hall has ever seen, and the first installation since the venue temporarily closed last year to accommodate the construction of the Tates Herzog & de Meuron-designed expansion.

Inspired by India

Tuttle has worked with, collected and studied textiles for much of his career. In 1967, he created his first major series, a group of unstretched, shaped and dyed canvases that could be put on the floor or hung on the wall. It was clearly not an ordinary painting, but something that was consciously a textile, says Magnus af Petersens, the chief curator of Whitechapel. The works also distinguished him from his macho, industrial sculptor peers, such as Richard Serra and Mark di Suvero.

Tuttle developed the fabric for the Turbine Halla unique combination of rayon and natural fibresin collaboration with a textile factory in India. The process gave him a renewed appreciation for the craft. The fabrics we designed could not be more precise, Tuttle says. I am in awe of what a real textile designer does.

The artist was particularly interested in creating a fabric that blended the manmade and the natural. He is not nostalgic about pre-industrial textile production, says Achim Borchardt-Hume, the head of exhibitions at Tate Modern. Hes more interested in the space textiles occupy culturally.

In 2012, Tuttle spent ten months as a scholar and artist-in-residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. When the designers in India used a technical term he did not understand, he looked it up in the Gettys library. His scholarly understanding of textiles informs a new publication, to be released in conjunction with the Tate and Whitechapel exhibitions. The book is expected to go beyond the traditional catalogue to focus on the history of textiles, and will feature photographs of his personal textile collection.

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Roof installation on the West Elevation

Construction on Rubenstein Library has continued as students settle into classes and the first traces of fall begin to appear in Durham. Workers recently completed the window reconstructions and finished preparing the elevator foundation for further work. In the coming weeks, they will be focusing on a number of projects throughout Rubenstein, including interior wall framing on all levels of the library, beginning storm drain installation, and removing the scaffolding from the Gothic Reading Room.

Scaffolding inside the Gothic Reading Room

Here is a complete list of the projects being worked on in the next two weeks:

1. Installation of vapor primer barrier 2. Hard ceiling framing starts 3. Interior wall framing 4. Removal of scaffolding in Gothic Reading Room 5. Mansard roof panel installation 6. Foundation modification and prep for elevator 7. Windows installed at north building elevation 8. Roof tiles installed at west building elevation 9. Prepare for storm drainage installation 10. Complete structural remediation 11. Reconstruct elevator

Free earplugs are available at the Perkins Library Service Desk on the first floor for library users who are bothered by the renovation noise. We thank you for supporting our progress and apologize for any inconvenience.

Roof tile installation.

In order to make all members of the Duke community aware of the major activities and potential noise issues associated with the Rubenstein Library renovation, we will be posting regular announcements of upcoming renovation work on this blog. If you have questions, please contact Aaron Welborn, Director of Communications, at 919-660-5816, or aaron.welborn@duke.edu.

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The Kalona Council voted 5-0 Monday night Oct. 6 to make a $90,000 grant application to the Washington County Riverboat Foundation (WCRF) to help finance improvements to the City Hall, Community/Rec Building and Elements.

The proposed $140,000 in improvements calls for $45,000 in local sales tax and $5,000 from the recreation budget as the citys match funds.

Included in the project is $23,730 for renovation of the lower level (this includes paint, installing a drop ceiling and some painting in halls, TV room and dance area) of the Rec Building, $81,270 for the Youth Area that includes where Elements is now located and $35,000 for a new entry way to City Hall.

City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh said that representatives of Elements and the Washington Y have been in on the planning process.

New construction will include installation of a window to oversee the main area, removal of paneling and review quality of walls, install a 36-inch wall separating the computer lab and main area, installation of a 7-inch desk on east wall, installation of cabinetry and counter top and other necessary construction including installing drop ceiling, new carpet, painting, electrical upgrade and air conditioning.

Schlabaugh said the improvements would make it feasible for the Y to have programs at the Community/Rec Building. The Parks & Recreation Board, Elements and Y have been in on the planning stages.

Schlabaugh said these are some much needed improvements and offer a good programing area with a potential relationship of the Washington Y and Elements working together in the old library area.

Schlabaugh added that these needed improvements would not interfere with plans for potential work agreement with Mid-Prairie Schools on a joint Recreation area when a new gym is constructed for the M-P Middle School.

Schlabaugh added the Community/Rec Building $90,000 grant application would be the only grant application to WCRF for the fall round of funding.

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Microsoft Research on Sunday demonstrated RoomAlive, a new technology that can transform any room into an immersive and interactive gaming display.

Based on a scalable multiprojector system that adapts gaming content to the physical space, RoomAlive allows users to touch, shoot, stomp, dodge and steer projected content that becomes seamlessly integrated with their environment.

A depth camera, wide-field-of-view projector and computer work together to cover the entire room, including the furniture and people present, dynamically mapping content based on room layout and user position. Pixels can be used both for input and output.

Currently a proof-of-concept prototype, RoomAlive is described in a paper presented by Microsoft and numerous academic collaborators at UIST 2014, the 27th Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology in Hawaii.

RoomAlive is an expansion of the technology used in the IllumiRoom projection system that Microsoft demonstrated last year.

While IllumiRoom used projectors to extend a TV image beyond the bounds of the screen to cover a whole wall, RoomAlive takes that notion a step further by turning every surface in a room into a reactive environment.

"I think this concept could be very compelling for game enthusiasts," Christine Arrington, a senior analyst for games with IHS, told TechNewsWorld.

"This is the kind of concept that console makers have to develop in order to make the hardware attractive to customers going forward," she said. "As game delivery continues to move towards digital distribution, the question of what the console hardware does for the gamer becomes more critical to answer."

Microsoft's demo videos suggest that "hardware makers are very focused on using in-home hardware to enhance the gaming experience, thereby keeping console hardware relevant even if the future Xbox may look very different than it does today," she added.

However, there are some challenges ahead for the concept, Arrington suggested.

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Embassy Ceiling Installation on an Angle
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