| 1. Roland GO:MIXER compact audio mixer for smartphones now available |
| Via The Wire@SVConline |
| Roland announces the availability of GO:MIXER, a compact audio mixer for smartphone video production. Compatible with iOS and Android smartphones, GO:MIXER connects digitally via an included cable, providing clear stereo sound that’s a marked upgrade over using the phone’s built-in mono mic or analog line input. More» |
| Why This Matters: Mix multiple inputs on your phone. Improve the world. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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| 2. UPS will save you from that mountain of empty Amazon boxes |
| By Ben Fox Rubin, CNET |
| As e-commerce explodes, the shipper teams with Bubble Wrap's inventor to create a "packaging innovation center." Cardboard boxes may never be the same. More» |
| Why This Matters: Shipping and packaging is obviously going to change a lot, for the things we buy and the things we sell/ship to site. Here’s a glimpse. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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| 3. Adam Audio announces A7X 7th anniversary photo contest |
| Via TheWire@SVConline |
| Adam Audio is pleased to announce the launch of the A7X: 7thAnniversary Photo Competition to celebrate the 7th anniversary of their award-winning A7X studio monitors. More» |
| Why This Matters: This seems like a really fun design contest (prizes are a LTD edition cherry A7X, a gloss one and standard matte one). The contest task kind of reminds me of the opening of Close Encounters of the Third Kind—by whatever artistic method (Photoshop, mechanical pencil, watercolor, presumably sculpture) you are to design an A7X into the ultimate installation location. Sailboat? Cabin in the woods? The ISS? –Cynthia Wisehart |
