From an Active Media Products press release:
8-Channel Controller and 128MB of SDRAM Cache Combined with Flex-Fit Adapter make these SSDs Ideal for High-End Desktops – Active Media Products, manufacturer of unique USB drives including the Obama drive, today introduced the new Predator GT series of 2.5-inch Serial ATA solid state drives that support outrageously fast data transfer speeds and include a Flex-fit adapter bracket to facilitate mounting in 3.5-inch drive bays.
Reprinted from a Matrox Graphics press release
Matrox Graphics today announced the availability of the Matrox M9138 and Matrox M9148 DisplayPort graphics cards. Expanding the M-Series product line, these new triple- and quad-monitor cards offer a remarkable 1 GB of memory, and with support for independent or stretched mode at resolutions up to 2560×1600 per output, users can drive business, industrial, and government applications on an exceptional multi-monitor platform. Read the rest of this entry »
From a Blastwave FX press release:
Blastwave FX (www.blastwavefx.com), the HD sound effects label, today announced its new website which now features 423 downloadable sound effects packs. Keeping up with the demand for content that is available at the click of a button, Blastwave FX offers packaged sounds featured as:
POWER PACKS: 25 sounds for $25 from Production Elements to General Sound Effects.
SCENE BUILDERS: Scene specific collections designed for those high impact movie scenes that include car chases to zombie attacks.
”These downloadable sound effects packs will help get audio professionals moving forward with precision and efficiency,” said Ric Viers of Blastwave FX. “Quality and convenience is our focus.” Read the rest of this entry »
Recently I came across a very interesting article concerning a new, and very interesting take on aerial-robotics. The company called Aeryon Labs has developed what looks to be a flying camera called an Aeryon Scout. The camera is just the centerpiece of what looks like four round pieces of foam used to float in a swimming pool. The four foam rings are interconnected and each is 30cm in diameter. There is a rotor inside and a camera is hidden inside. A remote control operates a “quad-rotor” and navigates the camera. This allows for the Aeryon Scout to reach high angles that shooters can not. The idea behind the project is to help police, military and engineers. May be one day, we will all be able to purchase an Aeryon Scout at a local retailer? Only time will tell…
Join us on December 11th, at 11am PST (2pm EST), for a live review of Sony’s newest HDV camcorder the FX1000. We will be going over our impressions and reviewing the camcorder in a live web-cast at videomaker.com/live. We will also be taking questions from our audience via the chat room, so if you have any specific topics you want to know more about the FX1000 be sure to tune in and ask us directly. If you can’t make the live review, don’t worry, we’ll be playing the repeats of the review on our channel for the next few days. Join us on December 11th, and let’s go over the Sony FX1000 together.
reprinted from a Disc Makers press release:
PENNSUAKEN, NJ – March 19, 2008 – Disc Makers, the nation’s leading independent media manufacturer, today kicks off its 2008 “Green” initiative with a special eco-friendly packaging offer to musicians of 1,000 CDs in eco-wallets for just $990. At the same time the company announced that as of January 1st 2008 it has switched to chain-of-custody certified recycled paper and board stock for virtually all its CD and DVD packaging materials, including jewel case and DVD inserts, Digipaks, jackets, wallets, and other board products.
Eco-wallets are printed on recycled board, and use no plastic in the packaging. The card stock is a hefty 15 pt. for extra quality and durability, and the wallets also include the choice of high-gloss or matte UV coating at no extra charge.
The Eco-Wallet offer is just one component of Disc Makers’ 2008 Green campaign, a company-wide initiative aimed at reducing the company’s carbon footprint and encouraging their customers to choose eco-friendly packaging options.
The company’s other Green initiatives include:
Designing and promoting green products
Disc Makers has always been in the forefront of designing and promoting low or no-plastic CD and DVD packaging and making them affordable, mainstream options for their customers. These include eco-wallets, Digipaks and wallets; all manufactured using recycled content with little or no plastic.
Recycled paper and board
Disc Makers has switched to recycled stock for virtually all the paper and board it prints on. The company uses materials that contain at least 10% post-consumer recycled content. Disc Makers sources all its paper products from mills that procure
raw materials from lands that are forested in a sustainable manner, without clear-cutting.
Vegetable based inks
All printing is done with non-toxic vegetable-based inks.
Internal recycling
Disc Makers has an aggressive internal recycling program for all waste that can be recycled, including paper trimmings, plastic waste from production overruns or rejects, nickel from CD and DVD stampers, and more.
Smaller minimum orders to reduce unused items
Disc Makers is also reducing waste by allowing customers to buy products in smaller quantities. Disc Makers’ manufacturing facility can produce smaller quantities of replicated products – as low as 300 units. Plus, Disc Makers offers a Short Run Self Service option that allows customers to order smaller duplication orders, even if it’s only 50, 10, or even one disc.
“At Disc Makers, we are working hard to reduce our carbon footprint and be an industry role model when it comes to making environment-friendly products affordable to our customers,” explains Tony van Veen, President of Disc Makers. “Five years ago we made the CD jacket, which contains no plastic and very little board, one of the dominant packaging formats for independent artists. Today we hope our new eco-wallets will be the next format to get market-wide acceptance.. It’s got the same height and width as a standard jewel case, comes with an optional spine, and contains no plastic, so we’re optimistic that it will be well received by independent artists.”
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