CEDIA is announcing two crucial advances in its ongoing strategic mission to boost industry education, grow the workforce, enhance global accessibility and raise the profile of CEDIA members with industry partners and homeowners. CEDIA has launched a new website with features designed to create a tailored experience for all users, as well as a new online learning platform, CEDIA Academy, rebuilt from…
An international research team, led by Australia’s Monash University, has developed what they are calling a “revolutionary triboelectric-based disc” that they claim can control smart devices and enhance home security. The device, activated by the swipe of a finger, can handle eight smart devices and contains a six-digit blind password authentication system. Completely self-powered, the device can also harvest and…
Vanco International LLC, an AV distribution and electronic accessory products manufacturer, introduced two new products for streaming and recording audio and video: the Vanco video recording HD Capture, and the PulseAudio audio recording Audio Capture. Both products were developed as inexpensive, wireless AV options that help streamline virtual working, learning, and entertaining from home. The Vanco HD CaptureThe Vanco HDCAPT1…
Klipsch has been in professional cinema sound for decades and has adapted these speakers to deliver the same cinematic experience for home use. The Real Custom Cinema speaker systems are among the first in the market to be packaged as easy-to-order-and-install modular bundles. The Klipsch Real Custom Cinema behind-the-screen speaker systems are designed to fit most medium to large dedicated…
The finalists for the 2020 CEDIA Best New Products Awards program in the Americas region have been announced. The honors feature hardware and software products from top CEDIA member manufacturing companies and trade suppliers. “The technology showcased by this year’s Best New Products finalists is out of this world,” says CEDIA Senior Vice President of Industry Engagement Giles Sutton. “The…
CEDIA has announced the establishment of the CEDIASTRONG Scholarship Fund. The aim, CEDIA says, is to attract new talent to the CI industry and to eliminate financial barriers to arm tomorrow’s workforce with tech and business skills. CEDIA will begin accepting donations with the intent to award education grants in 2021 to up-and-coming home technology talent: high school graduates, community…
Sonance took the occasion of CEDIA Expo Virtual to showcase its new Invisible Series of speakers and subwoofers, which was two years in the development, according to Mike Cleary, director of marketing. Also spotlighted was the James Loudspeaker All-Terrain Outdoor towers. The Sonance Invisible Series replaces the company’s eight-year-old existing line boasting engineering, performance and installation advancements. The speakers, characterized…
Samsung at CEDIA Expo Virtual showed off some of the newest display iterations within its residential and commercial portfolios while providing its dealer and integrator channel partners with additional programs, tools and resources. Among the products showcased were: The Terrace IP55-rated outdoor TV and IP55-rated Terrace soundbar (shown above); The Premiere, Samsung’s first 4K ultra-short-throw projector which can produce images…
D-Tools, Inc., a data-driven system integration software company, has announced valuable new capabilities to its award-winning, D-Tools Cloud platform – a powerful, yet easy-to-implement multi-OS, web-based SaaS solution accessible from any web-enabled device. These new capabilities will be demonstrated in the D-Tools booth at CEDIA Expo Virtual, September 15 – 17, 2020. D-Tools’ next-generation platform offers sales pipeline management; on-the-fly…
iRoom iO brought its newest wall docking stations to CEDIA Expo Virtual, following its recent merger with Eltako. In the presentation, Chris Lehnen, general manager, noted that the company’s timing was perfectly in sync with Apple, which had just announced its new iPad Air. “In four weeks,” he said, there would be a “docking solution [available] right out of the…