'The Wall' could be closer than we think...
"We were totally blown away when we first saw the Samsung 'The Wall' at CES earlier this year and truthfully nothing has changed about that excitement. The massive 146-inch microLED display was nothing like we have ever seen before and was promised to oust OLED as the king of displays. And I'll be damned if it didn't live up to that hype."
An interesting read on the future of building, not only in Australia, but world wide. The push to high-density living, needing to build higher and faster than ever before to meet up with surging demand. At the same time, building costs are peaking, leaving us with a need to find alternative construction methods which keep costs down, and reduce waste.
How can technology adapt to suit this new way of building, and even aid the move towards 'variable spaces'? Integration of technology in prefabricated settings would seem an unattainable vision, as construction takes place off site, leaving little room for movement at the later stages of the build. However, we are able to achieve the same results as onsite construction through forward thinking and meticulous planning. Could pre-fabrication be the future of the industry?
“We need to work out ways to make it more efficient, more productive, to deliver better quality results and keep costs down,” Dr Aitchison told Domain.
AVD has an exciting announcement:
Last Thursday at the CEDIA Awards night during Integrate week, we took out the prize for 'Best Integrated Home Asia Pacific Level IV'. Wow what an achievement!
For us this was an incredible project, and we're so proud to be able to share it.
For more info, check out the project here.
For more from Cedia, check out the winners here.
An article looking at monitoring...really interesting!
“A specific focus with this is, how do you model the relationships between people, places, and devices?” Van Hoof said. Once you’ve established those relationships, it’s much easier to use software to look for better or more efficient ways to set up a building, he said.
And what a wonderful place to start!
Here at AVD we do things differently! We like to take you through our process from start to finish, so you can fully understand what we do and how we do it.
Take a look at our 'Practical Wow' Magazine to find out more!
Solar Panels...the way of the future.
“The industry will be installing enough solar panels this year in Australia to meet 10 per cent of the country’s daytime energy requirements for industrial, commercial, retail and utility companies.
The 'It's never going to happen to me' mindset we all carry a bit of. Think again! What can you do to protect yourself?
A spate of hacked Instagram accounts. A $220 million lawsuit against AT&T. A bustling underground crime ring. They all have roots in an old problem that has lately found new urgency: SIM card swaps, a scam in which hackers steal your mobile identity—and use it to upend your life.
While Netflix and Stan have been streaming 4K video for some time now, Foxtel is getting on the bandwagon for the first time.
"AUSTRALIANS will finally be able to tune into next-generation TV broadcasts later this year after pay-TV provider Foxtel revealed plans to launch the country’s first 4K channel."
“And from October, Foxtel will launch Australia’s first ever 4K channel.”
“I see growth in televisions based on these 4K broadcasts because people can visually see the difference."
An insight into the mind of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's vision for the company
"One of the things that happens when you're super successful is you sometimes lose touch with what made you successful in the first place.
So if anything I wanted to not talk about what is broken. I wanted to go back to the very genesis of this company. What is that sense of purpose and drive that made us successful? What was the culture that may have been there in the very beginning or in the times when we were able to achieve that success. How do we really capture it? So that's why I think about it as the renaissance as much as about fixing something that's broken."
