Eight Secrets of Beijing Snapshots of a 3,000 Year-Old City
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Barco company magazine • Volume 3 • Issue 6 magazine Eight secrets of Beijing Snapshots of a 3,000 year-old city Future past 10 accurate predictions from science fiction Tablet truths Can tablet PCs make it in healthcare? 1 redefine_issue_6c.indd 1 2/05/11 11:50 6 Eight secrets of beijing 24 million 735,000 Science pixels visitors Beauty is in the 1. 2. 3. Wireless communication Immersive 3D video conferencing It all just fits. Science fiction is notorious for its continuous attempts to make First mention: First mention: First mention: 1923, in H.G. Wells’s ‘Men like 1889, in Jules Verne’s ‘The Year 2889’ of the operator predictions about future technology. Even if it isn’t the central theme 1956, in Arthur C. Clarke’s ‘The City and the Stars’ Full display roll-out The enclosure for example, Gods’ 30 combines low weight, sealing, of its stories, it’s always involved on the side. And sometimes, it also Clarke described an immersive 3D setup in terms of gaming, and said: “You Video communication was and still is While the description in the common in science fiction, but its first at the Geneva Motor Show inspires scientists to make new technology breakthroughs. were an active participant and possessed—or seemed to possess—free will. booths low cost, noise damping, novel is fairly clunky, Wells The events […] might have been prepared beforehand, but there was enough mention predated the commercially made it clear that his characters flexibility to allow for wide variation.” Since the late 1980s, immersive 3D viable technology by nearly a century. recyclability and an communicated wirelessly – and became adopted by science and industry, and has enjoyed a steady growth This was doubtlessly aided by the esthetic shape. Some predictions made by science fiction writers have turned out to be far-fetched even partly through mobile ever since. incremental improvement in resolution or untrue: in 2001, we did not have moon bases and neither did we send manned access points. Later science as well as network capacity, and might missions to Jupiter, and we’re lucky that 1984 did not pan out to be the nightmare that fiction authors saw wireless have even amazed Verne himself, in George Orwell imagined it could be. internet, voice and video that his prediction came true 900 years communication as a given, before he thought it would. However, unnoticeably, a lot of the technology imagined in the past is commonplace but it wasn’t until 1999 that 31 Reduced footprint 8,000 Barco’s video walls have been lauded on several occasions for their today. We’re going to look at 10 technologies that were predicted much earlier than wi-fi really began to boom, car brands with you might think. and slightly under a decade Barco tiles image quality and reliability. But they are also downright cleverly The main design drivers were the intro- of the OL is that it is not just the sum color differences, it is very essential to later until it became a common duction of LED-technology in video wall of a number of features, but an integral guarantee color uniformity throughout Barco designed! This has been proven by the prestigious red dot feature for visualization cubes, a long lifetime (maintenance product design that resulted from a the complete video wall. By introducing products. product design award for the OL-521 LED-lit projection module. free under 24/7 operation), full front holistic approach,” Tom Dewaele con-”Sense6, Barco’s proprietary automatic and rear serviceability, minimal field tinues. “It all just fits. The enclosure, for color calibration system, we tackle this adjustments and maximum reuse of example, combines low weight, sealing, challenge and are able to deliver the The red dot design award is an annual competition components over the eight variants low cost, noise damping, recyclability perfect images throughout the video awarding the products that excel in a large number of in the OL family. Furthermore, spe- and an esthetic shape.” wall lifetime. Furthermore, we intro- design criteria, including innovation, functionality, ergo- cial attention was paid to limiting the duced the ‘hang and flip’ principle to nomics, formal quality, durability and ecological com- footprint, decreasing shipment volume, ensure an ergonomic installation of one 170 patibility. Barco entered the competition in the product weight and required control room floor User comfort at the forefront module to another. A motorized shift category ‘Computers and Information Technology’. space. “This weight reduction also has a and tilt system also eases the geometry car premieres A number of internationally recognized design positive effect on the product’s ecologi- But the most important consideration optimization. Fitting all these features experts assess the entries. This means that the cal footprint,” Tom Dewaele comments. in the design process was user com- so swiftly in the cubes was a big chal- adjudication results in each category reflect the “It allows you to transport more cubes fort. “As the human eye is sensitive to lenge for our R&D team in the Display 4. future of the industry in terms of design and with the same effort, minimizing fuel group, but by combining BMW MINI PEUGEOT Red indicates a booth featuring Barco technology Car brands with Barco equipment serve as orientation for manufacturers and usage. Furthermore, recyclable materi- all complementary skills Networked control rooms designers worldwide. als were used.” and working perfectly 0746 1736 1726 together we managed to BENTLEY First mention: MAYBACH PIRELLI MORGAN JAGUAR LAND ROVER FORD MAZDA HONDA NISSAN VW SKODA MOTORS AUDI FORNASARI LAMBORGHINI MAGNA STEYR 1646 0636 1626 0626 1616 1606 0606 Tom Dewaele, Design Expert Control Rooms at deliver this truly amaz- Abarth Jeep Porsche 1260 1949, in George Orwell’s ‘1984’ 8526 9516 HAUETER BMW ALPINA MERCEDES BENZ VOLVO ASTON SUZUKI Barco, is therefore particularly pleased with the recogni- ing result,” Tom Dewaele Alfa Romeo Lamborghini Renault BYD MARTIN More than the sum of parts 2161 0612 1621 1060 MANSORY RINSPEED 0514 2251 2158 2057 2056 1259 1159 EDAG GUMPERT R tion: “It goes without saying that we are very proud concludes. BMW Lancia Rolls Royce ITALDESIGN KOENIGSEGG While obviously used for malicious purposes in Orwell’s frightening dystopia, control 1546 0536 0526 1516 1506 3525 1525 515 0 1524 0524 TOURING BUGATTI GIUGIARO SUPER- LEGGERA DUNLOP 2157 2156 2055 GOODYEA 1446 0446 1436 1416 0416 1406 0406 3325 3405 CAN-AM KELLENERS SPORT PORSCHE L CONTINENTAL SEAT of this achievement. With over 4,000 submissions it Chevrolet Landrover Seat 2052 Pics by The design criteria involved addressing rooms that keep an eye on the streets and are connected to a network of surveillance TATA BRABUS FAB DE TECHART TOMASO MTM IED STARTECH TESLA DESIGN GTA PAGANI SMART E'MOBILE KIA ROLLS CITROËN ALFA MASERATI GASMOBI MOTOR ROYCE ROMEO 0425 1415 0415 1405 1424 0424 2424 2250 2150 2051 2050 1251 1151 1050 DODGE ABARTH RENAULT is not obvious to get awarded. For the team, several new key technologies, includ- Citroën Lexus Skoda 2315 3305 2305 3324 3314 2145 2144 2045 1245 1244 www.avsystem.it - AVS srl. cameras have proven to be compatible with an open, democratic society. Control rooms VALMET SBARRO LUMMA SPEEDART SSANGYONG AUTOMOTIVE HAMANN MIA FISKER DESIGN ELECTRIC YOKOHAMA 2143 2142 2043 2042 1243 CADILLAC Dodge Maserati Subaru FERRARI JEEP SUBARU HYUNDAI (Abarth, Alfa, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia) this is a confirmation that ing LED, liquid cooling, shallow optics, certainly did exist in 1984, but it is only today that their scope and strength approaches 4305 BRIDGESTONE INVADER SCHNITZER WIESMANN RENAULT CITROEN SMART CCI COURB VERSAILLES RUF 9146 7146 0346 2346 4236 SPORTEC ABT DAIHATSU GREENTECH ARTEGA ENERGY CARLSSON NOVITEC 4146 5146 1246 0246 2236 ROSSO CHEVROLET YVELINES INNOMOT SPYKER BERTONE BOLLORE PININFARINA www.barco.com/cool 6 323 VREDESTEIN TATA 1325 0325 0315 1305 0305 1324 1314 0314 IRMSCHER we are on the right path.” LE DEPARTEMENT AG www.ctgermany.com – CT Germany spectrometers, software architecture Fiat Mazda Suzuki EON the power they had in the novel. MECO DE TILTER WORLD L’AUTOMOBILE MOTORS 2241 2240 2141 2041 2040 1241 1240 1040 3146 1236 0236 NISSAN HES-SO 5125 1115 0115 1124 1114 IEV1 LEAF THE TOUR 0221 1035 0301 2146 1146 0146 5136 0136 0204 E REVUE 2231 2230 2130 AC CARS BMW M WAY AUTOMOBILE (Volkswagen, Rolls Royce) and network interface. A big part of the Ford Mini Toyota GROUP DOW KOKAM 3136 DOMTEKNIKA R PRESS NOVIDEM NIAMA TO 1136 REISSER MO ACS 1033 LANDROVER 1026 0026 ESSAIS VERTS 1114 TOYOTA SIMULATOR 2026 FIAT LANCIA LEXUS TOYOTA 1231 1031 3125 design process was spent in the product Honda Nissan Volkswagen QUATTRORUOTE CHRYSLER OPEL SAAB 1223 1221 CHEVROLET LOTUS INFINITI RSPORT TO 7160 MO AKTUELL DACIA MITSUBISHI Infinity Opel MOTORS AGVS architecture and system design. “To me, 1125 ISUZUISUZISUZU U Jaguar Peugeot www.barco.com/events the most remarkable part in the design 18 red. | Case study Case study | red. 19 22 red. | Feature Feature | red. 23 red. Feature | red. 29 17 22 28 Geneva Motor Show Red dot design award Science reality If it has wheels and an engine, you The coolest LED video wall captures the Did you know that videoconferencing could find it in Geneva. You can fire up prestigious red dot award thanks to its was already predicted in the 19th your engines on page 17. outstanding design qualities. century? Read up on some eerily accurate predictions. 2 red. | Table of contents redefine_issue_6c.indd 2 2/05/11 11:50 Welcome Dear reader, First off all, I’d like to extend my deepest sympathy to our Japanese readers and all our readers with relatives or friends in Japan.