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PLASA Online programme revealed The free-to-view programme will span four days UK - PLASA, the lead association for the entertainment technology industry, is hosting a second PLASA Online from 10-13 May, following on from a successful debut in October 2020. The programme will address the most pertinent issues facing the industry, present pioneering technology, and deliver several sessions on technical theatre in partnership with the ABTT. The free-to-view programme will span four days, bring...

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s been three months since Pvt. Richard Halliday went missing from Fort Bliss. Despite a dozen agencies in two countries taking part in the investigation, there’s still no clear evidence to determine how or why the 21-year-old disappeared from the west Texas base. “We have not gotten the help that I think the military should give us, especially since they failed to reach us and make us aware of our son’s absence,” said Patricia Halliday, the soldier’s mother. ...

Neon will never be banned: so says Neon Specialists’ Kerry Ryan, who creates neon installations for artists © Kerry Ryan Among the more obscure aspects of the Brexit negotiations was the question of lighting. Artists from Dan Flavin and Bruce Nauman to Tracey Emin and Olafur Eliasson make extensive use of light in their works, in the form of fluorescent bulbs and, in particular, neon tubing, which contains mercury. The EU’s ecodesign regulations for lighting, which ar...