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Eighty years ago, in 1931, Sir Edward Elgar conducted the London Symphony Orchestra playing Land of Hope and Glory in Studio One, to mark the official opening of Abbey Road Studios.

Turbosound Flashline is a complete turnkey sound reinforcement system designed to deliver hi-fi sound quality to large audiences, and comprising modular line array loudspeaker elements, subwoofers, rigging hardware, and fully loaded and tested amplifier racks.

The new 01V96i was launched at InterBEE 2011, international exhibition showcasing broadcast, video, audio and lighting equipment.Since its initial release in 1998, the 01V has been used in a wide variety of applications - both personal and professional - ranging from recording and production environments to live sound and installation setups. As this console has evolved over time, Yamaha has devoted itself to building a strong relationship with its customers in order to give them the features and improvements they need, enabling the 01V to remain the industry standard for compact digital mixers. Building on the proven configuration of its predecessors, the new 01V96i now offers USB 2.0 connectivity along with new multi-track recording features and improved sonic quality.

Audinate announced today that Inter-M, South Korea’s largest PA and installed sound manufacturer, has agreed to collaborate to produce a line of products that will feature Dante, Audinate’s patented media networking technology. Audinate is the creator of Dante, the most advanced audio networking solution that is built using standards based IP over Ethernet.

Projection techniques are being used to give robots human faces in an application that has the potential to dramatically change telepresence experiences. Researchers in Munich have joined forces with Japanese scientists to develop a system that projects a 3D image of a face onto the back of plastic mask. A computer controls voice and facial expressions to create Mask-bot, a human-like plastic head.

Microsoft research is forging ahead with developing its own, non-gaming applications for the Kinect sensor. In its latest video release the company demonstrates how Kinect can be used to help software developers in meetings interact with programming development environment Codespace. Meeting attendees can work on the display itself, or from their seats using gestures or mobile devices to interact with content displayed on a screen.

Deutsche Telekom has launched a videoconferencing service called VideoMeet in the UK, Germany and Austria, with other European countries to follow soon.

Panasonic System Networks Europe (PSNE) is targeting business with its interactive whiteboards after expanding its partnership with Westcoast to cover the products in the UK and Ireland.

Casio has boosted the warranty on the light source across its range of projectors to cover five years or 10,000 hours.

Swiss researchers have developed a haptic technology that they claim will pave the way for a new generation of touch screens. The technology developed at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) uses a vibrating material to create the feeling of raised keys under your finger. The vibrations, caused by voltage changes, are imperceptible to human touch but do create relief effects on a surface.