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A Nice New Brand In Smart Home

ELAN, SpeakerCraft, and Panamax Merged into Nice North America, New Products Added

A Virtual Pool Lifeguard

MYLO Underwater Computer Detection Camera Detects Drowning and Sets Off a Series of Alarms

Immersive Audio Design

Spatial and Sonance Collaborate on Space Kit Turnkey Immersive Soundscapes

Power Under Pressure

To Safeguard the Modern Smart Home, Start Conversations with Power Quality

Shining a Light on DMF

Hands-On with DMF's iX Series Small Aperture Fixtures, DID M Series Square Housings, and Tunable White Light Modules

Committing to the Home

The Inspiration Behind Draper's Renewed Residential Focus

The New Apple TV

What's Been Added and Removed from the New, Lower-Priced Apple TV 4K Models

Closer to the Real Thing

Vanco's PulseAudio Collaboration Video Bar Replicates In-Person Meetings

"LEDing" the Way

Direct View LED Systems Are Expensive and Large, but are No Longer an Oddity in Homes

The Source of Custom Shades

Dennis Lister's Company is Lutron's Top Seller of Motorized Shades and the King of Custom Shapes

Bridging an HVAC Gap

Airzone Aidoo Pro Enables Smart Thermostat Control of HVAC Inverters and Mini-Splits

Creating Curated Lighting Solutions

Luminii HOM Offers Linear Fixtures, LED Strip Lighting, Directional Lighting, and More

Living With a Robot Vac

A First-Hand Experience With the DreameBot D10 Plus Auto-Empty Robot Vacuum and Mop

UNCONVENTIONAL UIs

Exploring Alternative User Interfaces for Controlling a Smart Home

Supervising the Sound

Oscar-Nominated Andrew DeCristofaro Shares His Journey from Audiophile to Sound Editor for Unbroken, Green Book, Spirited, and More.

Britcoin? UK Gets Closer to Launching a Digital Currency

Britcoin is moving closer to reality.

GYMS THAT SURVIVED PANDEMIC STEADILY GET BACK IN SHAPE

One day, a once-regular customer at Fuel Training Studio in Newburyport, Massachusetts, stopped in to take a \"shred\" class.

META TO BUY VR STARTUP WITHIN AFTER FAVORABLE COURT RULING

A federal judge has sided with Facebook parent Meta and cleared the way for the company to buy virtual reality startup Within Unlimited, the maker of the popular fitness app Supernatural.

UN EXPERTS: NORTH KOREAN HACKERS STOLE RECORD VIRTUAL ASSETS

North Korean hackers working for the government stole record-breaking virtual assets last year estimated to be worth between $630 million and more than $1 billion, U.N. experts said in a new report.

AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO REMOVE CHINESE-MADE CAMERAS

Australia's Defense Department will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and Britain made similar moves.

NETFLIX STEPS UP ITS EFFORT TO GET PAID FOR ACCOUNT SHARING

Netflix has a plan to deal with rampant account sharing: a program that lets subscribers pay extra to share their account with people outside their household.

INVESTORS' QUERY: CAN GOOGLE ANSWER MICROSOFT'S AI THREAT?

Google, a company built on finding quick answers to people's questions, suddenly finds itself grappling for a response to a potential threat to its internet empire a form of artificial intelligence that long-time rival Microsoft is now deploying to attack its dominant search engine.

TESLA HIKES PRICE OF MODEL Y AFTER US ALTERS TAX CREDIT RULE

Tesla has raised prices on its Model Y in the U.S., apparently due to rising demand and changes in U.S. government rules that make more versions of the small SUV eligible for tax credits.

Echo AIO

A Cost-Effective Audio Test System

Acoustical Measurement and DSP Application in Automotive Audio

This article offers a primer on how to approach acoustic measurements and the practical application of DSP in car cabins, one of the hardest acoustic environments for quality sound reproduction. The topics addressed in this article will be expanded in future articles.

Transitioning Audio Tests from R&D to the Production Line

Production line audio testing poses many challenges such as noisy environments, harsh operating conditions, high throughput, relative limits, and more. In this article, Steve Temme shares his observations and outlines the main considerations to ensure a successful operation.

Power Transformer Parameters, Selection, and Testing

The initial group of articles focused on the history of transformer cores, construction methods and materials, and various testing methods. After having discussed the parameters of transformers, this article expands on their losses.

Modular Evolution in Audio Testing

The audio industry continues to benefit from significant progress in advanced software as well as modular hardware solutions. This overview of the latest audio and industry-related test and measurement solutions identifies market trends for this critical segment.

Accuracy in LTspice Modeling

Sometimes we need to consider the human factor when using circuit design simulation tools. In this article, our hollow-state expert details an error that occurred in a past article, which is now being corrected.

Lumped Element Modeling of Transducers

Many engineering tasks require a common ground from which discussions among those involved in a project can take place in a structured manner. This will often involve a so-called model of the concept or product, and this article discusses one such model: the lumped element model.