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Denmark - The Cyclo 04 DMX Wallwasher is a recessed fluorescent wallwasher with RGB color mixing which generates both white and colored light. Suited to a wide range of retail applications, it also provides an interesting solution for the office environment.

DMX controllable, the Cyclo 04 DMX Wallwasher feature extended color control and excellent white and colored light quality and represents a breakthrough for its ability to successfully compress color-changing technology into an architectural fitting, say the company.A full range of white and colored light is achieved by combining four dimmable T5 fluorescent lamps, the primary colors red, green and blue in a process known as additive color mixing, and an additional neutral white tube of 4000K. When installed at a setback of 1/3 the height of the wall, colored light is distributed extremely evenly and smoothly. Colour distrib

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UK - The BBC's The Nation's Favourite Prom at the Royal Albert Hall was screened on BBC1 on Sunday 25 July. Le Maitre provided the specal effects for the finale of the event, the Halle Orchestra's performance of Tschaikovsky's 1812 Overture, conducted by Mark Elder. Le Maitre's Tim Haddon used 16 Giant Theatrical Flashes and 16 Medium Concussions to simulate the firing of the cannons. This was followed by a row of 19 10x12 Stage Gerbs for the final 10 seconds of the piece.

The Halle Orchestra's performance was hugely powerful and the effects thrilled a packed Royal Albert Hall. Haddon used the Pyrodigital system for the absolutely precise timing necessary, and Mark Elder was reported to be exceptionally pleased with the combination of the pyro with the music, and its accuracy.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - The Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is a 90,000sq.ft air museum which also incorporates a couple of full-sized carnival rides, advanced flight simulators, a Space Shuttle simulator and a 60-seat, sense-surround 3D theatre which recreates a World War II bombing mission, and the world's largest indoor mural, at 32ft high and more than 1,000 feet long.

Because Air Zoo is a 'living' museum, lighting the hybrid facility was a challenge for lighting designer Bill Hunter of Hunter-Leet & Associates, a Kalamazoo- based lighting design, consulting and contracting firm. With displays that were often moving - only the carnival rides have permanent homes in the museum - Hunter needed a lighting system that was flexible and moveable as well. He couldn't be tied down with a traditional rack-mounted dimming system. Instead, he used 48 six-pack IPS dimmer boxes from Entertainment Technolo

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USA - As a way to more quickly bring the latest energy-saving light emitting diode (LED) lighting concepts to consumers and businesses, OptiLED Inc announced recently it will partner with the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) on a number of development and demonstration projects. OptiLED has signed a memorandum of understanding with CLTC - a newly-formed lighting innovation centre based at the University of California, Davis, involving the California Energy Commission, the state's utility companies, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, and various other lighting companies.

OptiLED, which combines high-precision optics with advanced LED electronics, will work with the CLTC to identify emerging applications for LEDs and develop them to be utilized in residential and commercial settings. "Our objective at the CLTC is to help accelerate the development

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USA - Color Kinetics has introduced iColor Module FX - a new lighting medium in the form of a 6" (15.2cm) square modular unit aimed at designs requiring singularly controllable points of light - including interior surface designs, backlit fabrics and three-dimensional objects.

iColor Module FX incorporates nine or 36 tri-colour LED nodes, mounted on a printed circuit board, and driven by Color Kinetics' custom Chromasic microchip. Each LED node within iColor Module FX is individually controllable, whether applied across one unit or a large-scale, multi-unit installation. It offers designers a flexible, extensible medium with which to bring complex lighting designs to life, including scrolling text and images, video and animations, say the company.

iColor Module FX features versatile mounting options - whether the units are positioned apart or conjoined to form grids and

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USA Elation's popular Waterfall DMX water-simulation fixture has been upgraded. John Lopez, sales manager for Elation Professional said: "Not only are the Waterfall 250's water-like effects much brighter as a result of a new 250W lamp, but we've also put more controls into the hands of users. This allows you to create a wider variety of visual effects and focus on particular colours to set different moods. Having this greater control makes the Waterfall 250 a much more versatile effect."

Using a DMX controller, operators can now individually control the speed and rotation of the Waterfall 250's two textured glass wheels. Additionally, separate controls determine each wheel's direction of rotation, so users also have the option to independently spin the wheels clockwise or counter-clockwise.

With all of these improvements, the company say that the Waterfall 250 is no

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USA - Production Resource Group provided a complete lighting package for the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. The package included many items traditionally available from PRG, as well as many new Vari-Lite technologies added to the company's inventory as a result of its June 2004 merger with VLPS Lighting Services.

"It's been great to work on this high profile project as part of the new PRG", said Susan Tesh, general manager of PRG's Los Angeles office. "We were able to pull together all of our resources on time to provide the volume and variety of equipment that our client needed."

PRG's lighting package included a Virtuoso VX control system, 171 VL5 and 194 VL5Arc wash luminaries, 30 VL6C, 38 VL7and 90 VL3000 spot luminaries. Also included were 181 Martin Professional MAC 2000 wash lights, 116 Par Bars, 58 Source Four 19°, 48 Dome Strobes,

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USA - High End Systems West Coast is offering free one-day Catalyst and DL1 training classes from 8-10 September at its Van Nuys, California office. Anyone interested in taking the class must have Wholehog II or Wholehog III console programming experience to train on HES' newest digital lighting products. Classes run from 9am to 5pm and lunch will be provided. Space is limited to no more than 12 persons each day, so please RSVP as soon as possible by calling High End Systems at +1 (818) 947-0550.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Italian lighting manufacturer Studio Due has appointed Florida-based Techni-Lux as the exclusive US distributor for all its product range, including the City Color and Hercules architectural colour wash fixtures and other intelligent lighting fixtures. "Studio Due is one of the world's major industry innovators of architectural and entertainment lighting whose trendsetting concept luminaires have been guiding industry developments for years. This elite manufacturer is a real ambassador of Italian quality, technology, style and elegance capable of encapsulating all of the values and symbols of a new vision of professional lighting," says Luciano Salvati, president and CEO of Techni-Lux.

Studio Due offers some of the highest quality architectural lights available, which have been used for many high profile projects such as Hong Kong's ongoing Symphony of Lights, l

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UK - Since its launch this spring, Avolites' eDMX wireless control system has been utilized in a huge variety of projects and locations around the world with great success. AP Services put the system through its paces at the 'Bauma 2004' exhibition in Germany at the Munich Messe convention centre, for a high profile Perkins Engines launch - the first eDMX use outside of the UK.

The show finale revealed the engine itself, mounted on a revolve. There were no spare slip rings available, so getting data to the equipment on the revolve was tricky. As the show was repeated up to 20 times, manual cable management was out of the question - so Avolites' eDMX was an obvious choice. The radio DMX link controlled a mixture of James Thomas Pixelline battens (run in 54-channel mode), Martin MAC 250s and Atomic 3000 Strobes, with the balance of the rig controlled via a conventional, wired, sys

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Bosnia-Herzegovina - Three LSC maXim lighting desks, LSC Delta data splitters and ePRO dimmers were used to control the main lighting rig for the historic re-opening of Mostar bridge in Bosnia-Herzegovina - the biggest staged event in the country's recent history. All lighting production for the symbolic occasion was supplied and operated by LSC's Bosnian distributor, Masters Commerce d.o.o., based in Capljina.

The 16th century bridge was blown up in 1993 during bitter fighting in the Bosnian War between the City's Muslims and Croats. It's hoped the reopening will help encourage a new era of peace, tolerance and increased co-operation between the two ethnic communities. Over $13million has been spent on restoring the elegant single-arch structure spanning the Neretva River: the reconstruction has employed the same methods and materials as the original Turkish architects nearly 5

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UK - Guests and VIPs of Rolls-Royce motor cars were treated to a visual feast when lighting designer Durham Marenghi turned the outside walls of the Goodwood plant into a canvas for a large format slide projection of 18 high colour, high contrast images as part of celebrations for the 100th anniversary year of Rolls-Royce.

Working on behalf of the event management company Smyle, onsite crew chief Ross Corbett of Fourth Phase London and his six man team battled with sheet rain and winds of 50mph while setting up a Pani BP6 Gold projector, Martin Mac 2000 profiles and washes housed in weatherproof domes and Studio Due City Colours. Both the projector and the moving lights were controlled from a WholeHog 2, programmed by John Sinden.

The weather cleared up in time for the exclusive cocktail party on 25 June at the Rolls-Royce Chichester plant. The evening was just one of a range

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Germany - This summer, DJ Sven Väth has opened a new dance venue, CocoonClub, in Frankfurt, creating an international meeting point for the music avant-garde, with an impressive interior design, and high-end sound, video and lighting systems throughout.Located in Frankfurt's Ostend district, the club has a total area of 2.664sq.m. Design agency 3deluxe created four zones, differing in atmosphere and function. The main floor, with its moving light installation, is the heart of the club: this is surrounded with a 'stroll' area from all sides and has an integrated lounge - the so called 'InBetween' - which connects the club with two restaurants - 'Micro' and 'Silk'.

A striking feature of the Club's interior design is a 100m long white membrane wall enclosing the main floor. Here some comfortable Cocoons - soft padded seats - offer some temporary relaxation. The structure of the me

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UK - H&T Mirage has developed Rainbow, a programmable system for dimming and cross-fading ultra-slim fluorescent tubes. The system utilizes the latest technology to produce a random or sequential light pulsing effect, and combined with high output T5 lamps, can create striking effects for interior design or point-of-sale applications.

The product was utilized by Butterfield Signs with great success at McDonald's Restaurant in Oxford Street, London. The Rainbow system was mounted behind large glass panels stretching 13m long and 2.4m high - to spectacular effect. The project impressed the judging panel at this year's Sign Industry Awards, and Butterfield Signs won the accolade 'Best Illuminated Sign 2004'.

The Rainbow system allows the use of smaller, thinner and brighter light sources and angled reflectors to create greater light intensity. Butterfield Signs specified T5 lamps

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UK - A.C. Lighting has recently supplied the first Jands Vista lighting console for the launch of the new MINI Convertible at this year's UK Motor Show Live event. The console provided lighting for the 'MINI Open Air Theatre' stunt show, which was produced by Glyn Davies of corporate events company The Russell Organisation, and was on a scale comparable with a large west end production.

Amazingly, the shows used only standard production cars to demonstrate the MINI's impressive handling capabilities via a series of stunts. Martin Locket, the show's Lighting Designer and MD of London based live events specialists Essential Lighting, decided to use the revolutionary new Jands Vista console after seeing a preview of the desk at PLASA 2003. Locket was keen to try the console as an LD and also investigate it as a potential new rental product. Working with Jands exclusive European and

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Denmark - The Martin Ether2DMX allows users to increase the number of Maxxyz DMX universes and/or easily place DMX universes remotely on any TCP/IP Ethernet network. Every Ether2DMX box extends the number of universes by four, which means a maximum of 32 universes can be reached. Ether2DMX can also be used to place your DMX universes at a remote location, connected to the Maxxyz by a single Ethernet line (RJ45). Similarly, the number of DMX inputs can be increased or placed at a remote location. Ether2DMX can also be used as an output device for the upcoming Maxxyz PC, or as an input device for Martin ShowDesigner (MSD). Finally, the Ether2DMX box uses the Artnet protocol and can therefore be used to interface with any third-party product that can interface with Artnet.

When using additional Ether2DMX routers a switch must be employed to split up the Ethernet connection. A rack

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UK - Rosco has scheduled two free Professional Development Workshops at venues in Bristol & Birmingham. The workshops, designed for lighting and scenic professionals, teachers and technicians, regularly attract large audiences throughout Europe. The workshop leaders, all Rosco Staff, show participants how to create stage pictures and effects with lighting or scenery, generally using equipment and products likely to be in their theatres or paint shops.

For example, the morning session, devoted to lighting, explains how you can simulate raging or smoldering fire, still or rushing water, rain, snow, etc., simply using gobos and modern spotlights. Some advanced techniques for simulating stained glass effects, reflected lightning bolts and other frequently requested effects are also demonstrated.

The afternoon session on finishing and treating sets and scenic pieces shows how scene

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UK - Performances at The Congress Theatre in Cwmbran, Gwent are now in the spotlight after the recent completion of a £30,000 lighting refurbishment project managed by Stagecraft. Equipment installed by Stagecraft included two of Selecon's new Pacific followspots - some of the first to be installed in the UK.

Martin Palmer from Stagecraft commented: "When working on all new projects it's important to assess the individual needs of a venue. The new lighting system at The Congress Theatre has been created to make maximum use of the performance space, whilst also being extremely versatile to fit with the many different productions at the theatre."

The new followspot has been designed to incorporate the unique cooling system created by Selecon. This produces a cool beam of light and also directs the heat away from operational controls and lighting components. Palmer con

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New Zealand - Selecon has reached an agreement with High End Systems (HES) of Austin, Texas to acquire a patent relating to optical dimming technology. Under the agreement, Selecon has purchased U.S. Patent 6,241,366 titled 'Lighting System with Diffusing Dimmer' for an undisclosed amount. The acquired technology is likely to be employed in Selecon's advanced technology Pacific profile spotlights.

HES chief technology officer Richard Belliveau said: "We are very pleased to form this agreement with Selecon Lighting. Selecon is an innovator in the field of theatrical instruments and we believe that the acquired technology is a perfect match for their new products."

Jeremy Collins, managing director for Selecon Lighting, adds: "High End's IP will allow us to deliver an improved dimming solution for our Pacific MSR line at an affordable cost. Combining the highly

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USA - Color Kinetics Inc (CKI) has announced record revenues of $10.2 million for the second quarter of 2004. Revenues increased 39% from the $7.3 million reported in the second quarter of 2003 and increased 24% from the $8.2 million reported in the first quarter of 2004, say the company. Net income for the second quarter increased to a record $575,000, compared to $84,000 for the second quarter of 2003.

During the first half of 2004, the company generated approximately $1.2 million in cash from operating activities and, as of 30 June 2004, had cash and equivalents of $54.7 million. The Company's cash balance as of 30 June 2004 included approximately $35.2 million in net proceeds from its recently completed initial public offering in which the Company issued 4,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $10 per share.

"We are very pleased to announce record results, pos

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The Netherlands - Lumileds Lighting has announced that 10 European charter members have joined its Luxeon Lighting Network, which was launched in April at the Light+Building exhibition. Charter members include James Thomas Engineering, LightProjects, LumiDrives, Philips Luminaires, Nios, Space Cannon, Solar GB, Bocom, Altekno and BREE. The Network offers the lighting industry's first LED luminaire guidelines that provide a high level of confidence for predictable performance when specifying Luxeon LED lighting systems.

"Lighting designers and architects are frequently reluctant to specify unproven lighting technologies," said lighting designer Kevan Shaw. "Identification of luminaire manufacturers that adhere to a common set of technical design criteria and who will support and stand behind their products, gives professional lighting designers the confidence to s

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UK - Avolites will feature production models of all its lighting control products at PLASA 2004. The newest Avo products - the eDMX, the ART 2000s stand-alone dimmer and the D4 Desktop were seen in prototype at PLASA 2003.

The Avolites eDMX system transfers DMX data across a Wi-Fi radio link - completely removing the need for DMX data cables. eDMX units are easily addressed and user configured, either as transmitters or receivers, allowing the fast set up of 'Point-to-Point', 'Point-to-Multipoint' or 'Multipoint to Multipoint' DMX Data Transmission Systems. Each transmit/receive pair of eDMX units relays data for one DMX universe at full speed, with ranges of up to 1km.

The deployment of eDMX is totally user definable - one per light, one per pipe or truss, or one just one to overcome the front of house data leap. A big advantage to rental and production companies is that any

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UK - Tryka L.E.D. will be exhibiting its popular L.E.D. luminaires and controllers at this year's PLASA, with some new additions to the range. Debuting at the show are the Module 144 Flood - a powerful colour-changing floodlight with 144 LEDs - and a 110V version of the Modulation Driver, designed to facilitate control of Tryka's fixtures in countries with 110V voltage, such as USA, Canada and Japan. Also new is a hand-held controller, which allows users to remotely colour change and control Tryka units.

Not shown at PLASA before are the LinkLED Optic - adding the benefit of a choice of optic lenses to this flexible lighting system, the Module 1 Flush and Module 1 Dome. The latter two IP-rated luminaires contain a single high-brightness LED in respectively a flush and dome enclosure.

Tryka L.E.D. can be found on stand N77.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Lighting/projection programmer Rodd McLaughlin, Emmy-nominated lighting/projection designer Patrick Dierson, and programmer Kim Grethen have launched Idyll Hands Imagery, which will offer digital content design and creation, media server programming, and pre-visualization services to the concert, corporate, theatre, film, and television industries. Among the services offered by the company is the optimization of digital content for media server playback.

"Our combined understanding of lighting and control, projection and media products, and the needs of designers makes this a unique partnership," says McLaughlin. "Patrick, Kim, and I have worked on projects together for many years, and given our combined technical knowledge and involvement in the industry, it was a natural evolution to come together in this effort. We offer a host of experience, not only in

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