Freelance journalist and PR consultant
For the past two years the University College London (UCL) and the University of Nottingham (UoN) have been working together on a project called Screens in the Wild. Researchers from the UCL’s Space Group and the UoN’s Mixed Reality Lab investigated how media screens located in urban space can be designed to benefit public life. … Read More
Commercial venues, corporate organisations and education establishments face a similar challenge: they want the latest technology but budgets are squeezed and space is at a premium. Geny Caloisi talks to the leading manufacturers of mounts and brackets to find out how they are addressing the needs of the industry. Mount and bracket manufacturers need to … Read More
The buzz is gathering pace for European Sign Expo (ESE), which, in only a few hours, will open its doors for the first time at London’s Excel exhibition centre. Presented in colocation with FESPA’s wide-format print show, which carries the same name as the organisation, and having acquired Screenmedia Expo a few months before, ESE … Read More
Now in its fifth year, the NEC Showcase 2013 will be held at East London’s Tobacco Dock, seeing NEC partners teaming up once again to demonstrate how their digital signage offerings work in different ecosystems. Visitors will reportedly be able to see more than 100 solutions represented through the two floors of the show across … Read More
NEC Display Solutions Europe organized its third Showcase at the O2. Its doors opened at 10am and there was a queue to get in. Last year, the showcase was held at Battersea Power Station. The exhibition space was smaller, brighter, and very hot; but it was also well attended. NEC has been a partner of … Read More
The use of a-v in the education market is becoming a must-have feature. There are both opportunities and rewards to be had by providing teachers with new tools so that their students can find lessons more engaging. Geny Caloisi reports on a range of different projects. Follow this link to see the PDF: Tools for schools … Read More
When an outreach programme providing multimedia for young people in deprived areas launched its latest campaign, it equipped a mobile studio with the latest a-v. Geny Caloisi climbed on board. RollingSound is an education and training project aimed at less advantaged youngsters who may have not had the chance to express their creative potential. With a … Read More
Attractive, intelligent, well connected, clear to the point and beautiful. No, that’s not the description of your next date, although if you follow Amora’s advice it might be. Amora is a new permanent exhibition at London’s Trocadero shopping centre, just a few minutes from piccadilly’s Eros. London’s latest a-v based visitor attraction is particularly sexy. Geny … Read More