Christmas lights can be a beautiful sight to behold. Stringing lights around your home can be a real safety hazard if you’re not careful. For outdoors use the lights you need to have lights that are designed to be used outdoors. The lights made for outdoors used can withstand the outdoors conditions – meaning possibly →
The powerCON is an electrical connector manufactured by Neutrik for connecting mains power to equipment in a small space (smaller than IEC connector commonly used on PCs). Neutrik powerCON 20 A is a locking 3 conductor equipment AC connector with contacts for line, neutral and pre-mating ground contact. It is a rugged solution that has →
Gaffer tape (also known as gaffer’s tape or gaff tape) is a heavy cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive and tensile properties. It is widely used in theatre, photography, film and television production. A common application for gaffer tape is securing cables to a stage floor, podium, or other surface, either for safety or →
Live music and related events needs lots of electrical power to run the audio, video and light systems. Energy is a big costs for a festival. Besides the cost of the electricity itself, there are typically considerable cost of getting enough electricity for a large event and distributing that electricity where it is needed using →
Here are some interesting videos related to PA and sound reinforcement systems. Wikipedia defines that a public address system (PA system) is an electronic system comprising microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and related equipment. It increases the apparent volume (loudness) of a human voice, musical instrument, or other acoustic sound source or recorded sound or music. The →
http://nibblestew.blogspot.fi/2018/02/looking-inside-linux-powered-slot.html?m=1 In Finland the slot machines (around 20 000) are operated by Veikkaus, which is the state run corporation operating all gambling services in Finland. This article takes look on the inside of a slot machine that runs on Linux. →
This is a video of an amazing light projection that was in public display in Helsinki just few days ago at LUX Helsinki annual light festival. Janne Ahola’s installation Time’s Role aims to break down the physical boundaries of perspective. It brings the courtyard façade of the Museum of Finnish Architecture to life by using →
https://www.wired.com/story/crazy-viral-holiday-light-displays/ This article shows a selection of Christmas houses, spangled with lights flashing in time to everything. →
Halloween is coming and you might think you need some scary/funny decoration for it. Here are some ideas. DesignNews article 13 Halloween Gadgets to Frighten Up Devil’s Night shows some ideas for Halloween props you can buy from shop. Or do you want to make something yourself? So let’s start with pumpkins. How to Carve →
https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/14/nigel-stanford-automatica/ What happens when a mad scientist’s musicbots rebel against their own precision? You get “Automatica”, the latest video from Nigel Stanford →