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| 28 January 2021 Hot on the heels of upgrading its Enhanced Content Protection (EPC) specification, Motion Picture Laboratories (MovieLabs) has released a new MovieLabs Security Architecture to provide a framework for implementation of a new approach to protection of cloud production workflows. Built on the security principles in the MovieLabs2030 Vision paper published in 2019, The Evolution of Production Security – Securing the 10-Year Vision for the Future of Media Production...

CY-BO – a sustainable, reusable packaging material, inspired by cell biology , by Kenji Abe (Japan). Kenji Abe is a graduate of the Tama Art University Product Design Department, now working as a product designer, based in Tokyo. Heartfelt – a device that delivers virtual hugs, long-distance, helping to overcome the anxiety and emotional stress of being alone , by Gayle Lee and Jessica Vea (New Zealand and Tonga, based in New Zealand). Gayle Lee and Jessica Vea are recent Bachelor of Cr...

  The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center (HHC) has announced the opening of a new, permanent exhibit that utilizes artificial-intelligence technology to facilitate “virtual conversations” with Holocaust survivors.  Using specialized recording and display technologies and next-generation natural language processing, Dimensions in Testimony allows visitors to ask two-dimensional displays of Holocaust survivors questions and receive responses in real time.  Dimension...

TOKYO, Japan (January 28, 2021)―Lexus today announced the six finalists for the LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2021, selected by a distinguished jury from among 2,079 entries submitted by creators in 66 countries. Four leading design experts will directly mentor the finalists, giving them a once-in-a lifetime experience as they prototype their ideas with a per-project budget capped at 3,000,000 yen (approx. $25,000 USD). This year marks the ninth edition of the LEXUS DESIGN AWARD, which was established t...

Richard Lindheim In a career spanning four decades, the veteran television executive also produced the NBC comedy B.J. and the Bear. Richard Lindheim, the co-creator of the 1985 CBS series The Equalizer, has died. He was 81. The veteran television executive died Monday morning of heart failure, his son-in-law Ezra Dweck told  The Hollywood Reporter.  Lindheim had a four-decade-long career in television, taking in stints at CBS, NBC, Universal and Paramount, but is most closely associated wit...

L-Acoustics brings live sound home with Archipel systems L-Acoustics brings live sound home with Archipel systems posted on Friday, 15th January 2021 by Steve May Pro Audio specialist L-Acoustics is stepping up its residential AV offering, with a range of high performance sound systems for home cinema and immersive audio. Its L-Acoustics Creations division has announced 5.1 surround sound speaker configurations of its Fiji, Hawaii, and Tonga systems, to be sold alongside their original 2....

Advertisement Over the years, the more levels were added to the hotel and it even once hosted then future president Martin Van Buren.  It would eventually be converted to a movie theater, triggering the creation of the core auditorium space, which shuttered in 1959 — and the building would remain closed for five decades. In 2008, real estate developers Buccini/Pollin Group announced a deal with the City of Wilmington to turn the building into a performing arts venue and fundraising began.  ...

Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 9:30 am While some tertiary institutes are worried about coping without the normal enrollments from overseas students with borders still shut, Whitireia and WelTec have kept the relationship with Chinese students buoyant by continuing to teach online. 360 design students from China have seen uninterrupted delivery of their four and six-week sessions twice this year, as normal, from creative technology tutors at Whitireia and WelTec. Ordinarily, the sessions would be t...

LAST month, tech giant Apple Inc introduced new MacBook laptops that use its own silicon, or chips, designed in-house, replacing those run on Intel Corp microprocessors. Chips for Apple accounted for 4% of Intel’s total sales in 2019. Apple is not alone in abandoning Intel. Long-time partner Microsoft Corp’s Surface Pro X tablet PC now sports a custom-designed chip just like Google’s new Chromebooks. The competitive landscape for Intel has dramatically changed as it sees its traditional s...