BBS Beleuchtungstechnik Bühnentechnik Schenk GmbH stands for professional lighting, stage and video technology as well as proprietary LED technology. Their customers include Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Bayreuther Festspiele. Here, we talk with Christopher Schenk. 1. Your father Ricard Schenk founded the family business, and you now have many prestigious customers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland…
DetailsGerman rockers Karat set great store by the stage lighting for their acoustic tour. Getting the lighting right sets the mood and amplifies the performance and the stage spectacle. To ensure the lighting sets the scene in the right way, the lighting designer responsible for the “24 Karat” stage lighting for the group chose Philips…
DetailsListen to music on the go or while playing sport, without cutting yourself off from the outside world? No problem these days with the right gadgets – more specifically, bone conduction headphones. They take advantage of vibrations, which are channelled directly to the auditory nerve through the skull. The Beker bone conduction headphones go a…
DetailsThe new lampless 6,000 lumen projector from Optoma, the ZU650, has been developed using laser phosphor technology for the professional installation market. Optoma claim a maintenance-free operating time of 20,000 hours. With no need to change bulbs or filters, the projector also lays claim to relatively tiny operating costs. Optoma ZU650: Professional quality images With…
DetailsPortland, Oregon has built the first bridge in the region for over 40 years and suprised everyone with its innovative design including lighting installation. The ‘Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People’ bridges the River Willamette and thanks to ETC lighting equipment its a spectacular sight by day or night. The Portland skyline is now defined…
DetailsThe powerful new G-1 Beam moving head from SGM is truly ground-breaking. The G-1 can be deployed outdoors with battery power and wireless DMX. With its true beam effect, crisp projection and gobo wheel, SGM are confident they’ve produced a class-leading moving head. Customers have two choices: a version with or without a base unit.…
DetailsWith the first rays of summer sunlight, our bodies tell us that night is past. Yet in the depths of winter, we are forced to rise and… not shine, in darkness. Many of us are left feeling tired and ‘off’. The Withings Aura alarm clock is set to change that – by putting going to…
DetailsFinding the right place to stay is an important point for anyone visiting a trade fair. After all, if you’re spending several nights somewhere, as is the case for visitors to Prolight + Sound, you want somewhere comfy to sleep. But that’s not always easy, especially when demand is high – there might not always…
DetailsA lot of people have problems with in-ear headphones. Either they don’t sit right, they start to hurt after a while, or they start to rub. Revols’ new Bluetooth earbuds promise a higher level of comfort – they are made from a nano material that moulds to the user’s ear canal. The Revols project began…
DetailsThe new Osram LED achieves something that no other light source in a mainstream projector ever has: 2,500 lumen. Following on from the P3W, the Osram OSTAR Projection Power is another LED with chip technology and a new advanced mounting procedure. The monochrome Osram LEDs are available in green, blue and red. Osram LED: The…
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