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The ‘hierarchy of needs’ and the connected home
Back in 1943, humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow introduced his now-famous concept of a ‘Hierarchy of Needs.’ In short, he theorised that people are motivated to fulfill various ... -
Improving HVAC with automation
With the cooler months now upon us, reliance on heating is starting to climb. For home owners and facility managers, this means energy bills may also ... -
Is the trend toward cheap cable bringing installers back to premium cable?
With our company’s roots deeply entrenched in the custom residential AV channel, ICE Cable Systems‘ wire and cable message to installers has always been about the ... -
IoT Solutions: Build, Buy or Hybrid?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly changing the way that companies are developing products. Organisations looking to implement IoT into their products have several options ... -
Understanding 4K
Trusting manuals and specification sheets can be a let-down. Jerry Murray of AV Pro Alliance outlines recent findings. When it came to HDMI 2.0 installations, we ... -
Techstyle NZ takes to the streets
The team from Techstyle has hit the road, taking its showroom to its dealers, writes director Brendon Reid. It was peculiar afternoon in July 2013: CEDIA ... -
The implications of #NetflixEverywhere: the view of a (near) Netflix planet
Written by: Tony Gunnarsson, senior analyst, TV and OTT Video at Ovum At CES this week, Netflix announced that its online subscription service had been switched ... -
Rich Green: The future of systems integration
The pressure of product commoditisation is very strong, making many of the products we once found extremely profitable much less so, or even free. (Notice the ... -
Digital audio from Windows
Microsoft Windows can make it hard to get the very highest quality audio out of your computer, says Stephen Dawson, but there are ways. -
Commercial audio… Trickle-down tech
In this instalment Jason Allen looks at the latest PA technology, which will eventually become the norm for everyday installations.
