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In This Issue
Qurious Quotes
The Road Down Under
Technology on the Trade Show Floor
Open Aperture
"The Cloud" Photographed
Qurious Quotes
Pablo Picasso
"I'm always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.."

 

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Entertainment Electricity, Power Distribution, and Controls
Las Vegas

September 24, 25, 26, 2012

Entertainment Electricity, Power Distribution, and Controls
Los Angeles 

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The Road Down Under

CX Roadshow
CX ROADSHOW 2013 ITINERARY
  • PERTH Thursday 14th February Perth Hyatt
  • ADELAIDE Monday 18th February Adelaide Convention Centre
  • MELBOURNE Wednesday 20th February Melbourne Convention Centre
  • CANBERRA Friday 22nd February National Convention Centre
  • SYDNEY Monday 25th February The Concourse
  • BRISBANE Wednesday 27th February Brisbane Convention Centre

CX Roadshow Electrics Class

Join Richard Cadena, author and founder of Academy of Production Technology, for a fun-filled learning experience covering electricity and power distribution for the new age of technology. This two-part course is for all levels. The morning course will cover fundamentals and intermediate topics, and the afternoon course will cover intermediate and more advanced topics. 

 

Morning Session:

  1. Fundamentals of Electricity
  2. Units of Measure and Measurement Techniques
  3. Calculating Current Draw, Measuring Errors
  4. Calculating and Measuring Power
  5. Types of Loads
    1. Incandescent
    2. Arc Lamps
    3. Motors
    4. LEDs

Afternoon Session:

  1. Three-phase power
  2. Power Factor
  3. Harmonics
  4. Practical Tips and Techniques

Entertainment Control Systems Class

Join Richard Cadena, author and founder of Academy of Production Technology, for a fun-filled learning experience covering entertainment control systems for the new age of technology. This one-day course is for all levels. It covers fundamental, intermediate, and advance topics in DMX512-A, Remote Device Management (RDM), Streaming ACN (sACN), Wireless, Fiber Optics, Ethernet, and TCP/IP (Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). 

 

Topics to be covered:

  1. DMX512-A
  2. Remote Device Management (RDM)
  3. Streaming ACN (sACN)
  4. Wireless (802.11)
    1. Adaptive Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (AFHSS)
    2. Wireless DMX
  5. Fiber Optics
  6. Ethernet
  7. TCP/IP (Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
For more information, visit www.APTXL.com or email us.

September 17, 2012
PLASA New Product Innovation Awards         
Best of Show at PLASA 2012
PLASA New Product Innovation Awards
Forty-seven new products were nominated for the PLASA New Product Innovation Awards. Eight were chosen. What were they? Why were they chosen? Who chose them?
Click here to find out. 
TAKE ON TECH
More from the Floor at PLASA 2012
PLASA 2012 London Over 300 exhibitors brought a plethora of new products to display at PLASA this year, many of which were shown for the first time ever. Get a quick pulse of the industry by clicking through a few pictures from the show floor and find out where the industry is and where it's heading.
 
To see more pictures, click here. 
Open Aperture                                                         
Sun Sets on Earls Court
PLASA 2012
Last PLASA Show at Earls Court
Last week marked the final PLASA Show at Earls Court in London. Next year the show will take place at ExCel from October 6 to 9, 2013.

Elusive Cloud Captured in Picture
Network Cloud Appears in Image
Cloud
This is the cloud you've heard so much about.
After years of trying, we've finally captured "the cloud" in a picture. The image above is where all of your pictures, video, documents, bits, bytes, and nibbles are stored. It's the elusive "cloud" you've heard so much about but, up until now, have not been able to see. Thanks to our duping machine, we were able to photograph it and dupe you with it. 
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