Our take on CES 2017

Our take on CES 2017

We think the three main trends at CES this year which you will see in real life are voice, Windows 10 and autonomous cars.  

In voice control all the big players are in catch-up mode with Amazon and its Alexa systems.  Google, Microsoft and Apple have been concentrating so hard on phone and search based voice and control they missed Amazon building a stealth voice business in the home...

Now lasers on screen are projected by real lasers

Now lasers on screen are projected by real lasers

This new technology from Sony, Barco, DLP offers a number of benefits to cinemas.  For the unromantic it’s the increased on-screen light levels, greater colour saturation, operational lifespans of over 30k hours, sustained output of light quality and the lower power requirements.  Enhanced projection capabilities for 3D and Imax uses are also another reason to invest in this technology...

This year’s arts and media events we’re putting in our diary

This year’s arts and media events we’re putting in our diary

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Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction (June 3 – September 1) Original objects and artworks from The Paul G. Allen Family Collection; concept art from films Godzilla, Stargate and Dark City.

Basquiat: Boom for Real (September 21 2017 - January 2018) first large UK exhibition of the painter and New York prodigy, Jean-Michel Basquiat.  The exhibition shows the artist’s wider cultural context via paintings, drawings, notebooks, rare film, photography, music and ephemera....