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Alcorn McBride in Sound & Communications

In the July edition of Sound and Communications, Eric Wolfram from Integrisys Group writes about the recent upgrades to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. “…In designing the AV system, we were...

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IAAPAly Ever After

IAPPA 2010 was a fun and productive event.  A bit smaller than I remember from last year, but the industry greats were still all there.  On the last day of the show, I had time to walk around, catch up...

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Personalized Technology Featured at SATE 2011

As anyone who has visited a theme park in the past few years has recognized, cell phones and other mobile devices are everywhere.  It’s impossible to walk around in a museum, theme park or other...

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AVIT + Show Control > PCs

Much has been made recently about the convergence of audio, video and information technology (AVIT).  While there is certainly ample evidence that these worlds are merging, it is not necessarily a bad...

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Mass Personalization: Facebook Integration with Coke Freestyle

An article on PSFK today discusses Facebook integration with Coke’s “Freestyle” vending machine.  I bring it up not just because I think the Freestyle machine is really cool (we tried it out at IAAPA...

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Subtitle Glasses Help Hearing-Impaired Theatregoers

Our industry has a long history of creating some incredible experiences.  But when you are hearing-impaired, it is easy to miss one of the most important parts of that experience – the sound.  And...

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The Legend of “The Cloud”

I am desperately awaiting the introduction of the iPhone 5…or the iPhone 4G…or maybe we will just skip right to the iPhone 9.  But one of the most exciting parts of the new iPhone (whenever it may...

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SATE 2011 – Personalized Technology Panel

The SATE 2011 Technology panel was a great success.  Special thanks to Dave Cobb from Thinkwell, Mark Gilicinski from MobileXpeditions and Rick Borovoy from MIT Media Lab/Google. The panel discussed...

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Siri: Personalized Technology in Themed Entertainment

After 2 years of slumming with the iPhone 3GS, I finally got an iPhone 4S.  Much has been made about how the differences between the 4 and the 4S are fairly minor (although to a 3GS’er like myself, the...

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Alcorn McBride Helps Las Vegas’s New Mob Museum Tell Both Sides of the Story

There are two sides to every story, as the tag line for the Mob Museum in Las Vegas reminds us, and Alcorn McBride is helping the city’s newest attraction tell the tales of both organized crime and law...

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Lincoln Heritage Museum Selects Alcorn McBride

The life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln will come alive in the new home of the Lincoln Heritage Museum on the campus of Lincoln College when it reopens in April 2014 in Lincoln, Illinois.  The museum...

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Our controllers know where you are!

We’re introducing a new feature for our controllers at InfoComm14 – location based control at your fingertips!  By adding iBeacons, our ShowTouch for iOS app can detect where you are and automatically...

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Personalized Technology Featured at SATE 2011

As anyone who has visited a theme park in the past few years has recognized, cell phones and other mobile devices are everywhere.  It’s impossible to walk around in a museum, theme park or other...

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Image may be NSFW.
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AVIT + Show Control > PCs

Much has been made recently about the convergence of audio, video and information technology (AVIT).  While there is certainly ample evidence that these worlds are merging, it is not necessarily a bad...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Mass Personalization: Facebook Integration with Coke Freestyle

Image courtesy of www.fastcompany.com An article on PSFK today discusses Facebook integration with Coke’s “Freestyle” vending machine.  I bring it up not just because I think the Freestyle machine is...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Subtitle Glasses Help Hearing-Impaired Theatregoers

Our industry has a long history of creating some incredible experiences.  But when you are hearing-impaired, it is easy to miss one of the most important parts of that experience – the sound.  And...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Legend of “The Cloud”

I am desperately awaiting the introduction of the iPhone 5…or the iPhone 4G…or maybe we will just skip right to the iPhone 9.  But one of the most exciting parts of the new iPhone (whenever it may...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

SATE 2011 – Personalized Technology Panel

The SATE 2011 Technology panel was a great success.  Special thanks to Dave Cobb from Thinkwell, Mark Gilicinski from MobileXpeditions and Rick Borovoy from MIT Media Lab/Google. The panel discussed...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Siri: Personalized Technology in Themed Entertainment

After 2 years of slumming with the iPhone 3GS, I finally got an iPhone 4S.  Much has been made about how the differences between the 4 and the 4S are fairly minor (although to a 3GS’er like myself, the...

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