ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Wireless Charging for Electronics
Wireless charging provides a convenient, safe, and dependable way to charge and power millions of electrical devices at home, or at work. By removing...
Len Calderone
Len Calderone started in the audio-visual industry in 1975 and has contributed articles to several publications. He also writes opinion pieces for a local newspaper and is now retired.
27 articles
HOME TECH
Should You Buy a LCD, DLP or LCoS Projector?
Looking for a projector so that you can watch the Super Bowl larger than life? Are you confused by the projection technologies that are in...
HOME TECH
Is a 4K Projector in Your Future?
Christmas is just around the corner. This is the time when most people review their wish list and maybe even chip in the money for that special...
HOME TECH
The Growth of Online Video-Based Learning
The demand for video-based learning is experiencing tremendous growth in the recent times. Video-based learning may soon become the most sought after...
AUDIO
Is That Really an Audio Speaker?
Speakers used to be big boxes that took up a lot of space and looked—for the most part—ugly. Speakers should be heard and not necessarily seen. Now...
HOME TECH
Share Audio With The Dante Audio Protocol
For those who are not familiar with the term, audio protocol, it is a term used in audio and broadcast engineering. It is the use of an...
SMART HOME
A Quick Study of Power over Ethernet
Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a technology that lets network cables carry electrical power, which eliminates the need to run VAC power to Wireless...
HOMETOYS
How Small Can You Go – Pico Projectors
What is a Pico projector? This popular innovation in projectors has come about due to the capabilities of smart phones, personal digital assistants...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
How Small Can You Go Pico Projectors
What is a Pico projector? This popular innovation in projectors has come about due to the capabilities of smart phones, personal digital assistants...
HOMETOYS
The Potential of Holographic Displays
It seems as though everyone is mesmerized with the possibilities and potential of holographic displays, especially since Star Wars brought the...
HOMETOYS
It’s a Wrap!
CES 2014 wrapped-up for another year with a lot of oohs and aahs. It was just like my experience in the late 90’s, when I saw my first HD TV. I stood...
HOMETOYS
Movie Theater vs. Home Theater
The glory years of motion pictures were the 1930’s. I grew up in the 50s when television was making inroads into the sales of movie tickets. To...
VIDEO
The Future of Digital Signage
Digital signage is an electronic display that is used in banking, churches, healthcare, hotels, nightclubs, retail outlets, restaurants, sports...
HOMETOYS
4K UHD – How high can we go?
Next to the pretty girls, the 4K Ultra High definition (UHD) television had the guys salivating at CES, but is UHD a little too much just now? High...
HOMETOYS
Laser Phosphor Display Screens
It seems that no sooner do we become comfortable with new technology; some start-up company comes along with new advancements. Prysm, a San Jose...
HOMETOYS
Using Audio Visual In The Courtroom
The modern courtroom is apt to have either installed or portable technology for information and evidence display; media feeds; teleconferencing...
HOMETOYS
Audio Visual Technology in Medicine
A patient is admitted to a small town ER. An X-ray of an injury is taken by the hospital staff, only the hospital does not have a radiologist on...
HOMETOYS
HDMI = High Performance
The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) was invented in 2002 by several major electronics manufacturers. HDMI is the first uncompressed...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
The Future of Wireless Energy Transfer
As the Earth’s population continues to grow, the demand for electricity will outpace our ability to produce it and transmit it around the world...
HOMETOYS
The Camera Has Many Eyes
The combination of aperture size and depth of field affects the decisions made before a photographer presses the exposure button, and these two...
HOME TECH
A 3D Printing Primer
To science fiction writers this was just a dream, but if we look at most of our technology today, we first learned about these wondrous ideas from...
VIDEO
Visual Presentations for the Modern Sports Bar
There was a time when a “sports bar” was the neighborhood bar with a television hanging on one side of the bar, and the patrons yelling at the...
HOMETOYS
Health, Privacy and Security within the Smart Grid
In the smart home, each appliance has a unique signature. It is possible to determine which appliance is in use and at what frequency. Using...
HOMETOYS
3-D Projector Line-Up
All I want for Christmas is a 3-D projector. I know, it’s 101 degrees out and it’s only August, but I can start dreaming, dreaming of watching Avatar...