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Digital imaging guru John Henshall has been awarded a Master of Arts Honorary degree by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, for his predictions and profound influence in the development of digital photography technologies over the past twenty years.
  Among his many predictions, Henshall, who has fellowships with five key photo bodies, including the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, was the first photo consultant to predict that the use of the 'pixel' would lead to the decline of the photo-chemical industry. Often courting controversy in the media and at exhibitions and conferences worldwide for his evangelical approach to the evolution of digital imaging, Henshall was dubbed a prophet for his predictions about the rapidly changing photo industry in the 90's.
  In 1993, Henshall founded Electronic Photo-Imaging (EPI-centre) as an independent consultancy in the art and science of digital imaging and was frequently hired by key global imaging companies during digital imaging's fledgling years - often working alongside keynote speakers and major influencers, such as Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Steve Jobs. Henshall trained as a BBC cameraman and worked extensively as director of photography on major U.K. network television programs, MTV, and early music videos for Paul McCartney, Blondie, David Bowie, Elton John and Kate Bush.
  Henshall is currently researching new technologies in Korea and China for companies specializing in the development of digital camera firmware.

As Official Partner of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin 2009, Seiko Epson, Tokyo, Japan, in cooperation with the non-profit organization Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, will be transforming Berlin's finest street "Unter den Linden" into a huge open-air photo exhibition during the largest sporting event in the world this year. Over 60 photographic works, with athletics as their subject, will adorn the boulevard from Glinkastrasse to Pariser Platz and help put visitors in the mood for the major sports competition.
  The almost two-meter-high sports images will accompany the World Championship spectators on their way to Berlin's KulturStadion, which is being temporarily set up at Pariser Platz. Several of the outstanding track and field related artworks by, among other renowned photographers, Annie Leibovitz and Robert Lebeck, will explore the beauty of motion in sports as personified by individuals from many nations. The exhibition offers a cross section of 125 years of athletic sports, as well as an overview of 125 years of photographic history.
  The 200cm-by-135cm images will be printed on an Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 large format printer.

Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., expanded its line of LCD Multimedia Projectors with a 2,600 lumen XGA model. This new projector is ideal for educational and business environments. The Canon LV-7275 Multimedia Projector provides a native XGA (1,024-by-768) resolution and aspect ratio of 4:3 with user-friendly features and benefits:                         

• 1.2x Zoom Lens - offers flexibility by ensuring a wider range of throw distances, allowing this projector to fit multiple screen sizes
• 2,600 lumens - ensures projector can be used in environments where ambient light exists and cannot be controlled, and in classrooms/meeting rooms where notes need to be taken and turning out the lights to darken the room is not preferred
• Multiple inputs (includes DVI) - add more flexibility to this projector, as it supports notebook/desktop computers, Blu-ray and DVD players, VCRs, digital cameras and camcorders.
• Network Connectivity - the built-in RJ-45 port allows users to connect their projectors to an existing network to control them from a remote location

  The Canon LV-7275 Multimedia Projector is scheduled to be available in August at a suggested $999.

Toshiba''s new digital frames offer FrameChannel content and can connect to online photo services.

Lexar solid-state drives are now much faster, the company says.

A new study of consumers in the United Kingdom and the United States by Lightspeed  Research, London, England, shows the increasingly prominent role mobile phones are taking people's lives. Among Americans surveryed, 49 percent said their mobile phone was now an essential part of their daily life and they'd be lost without it; 30 percent of Britons made that statement as well. Almost half of people in Britain (46 percent) stated they carried their phones with them most of the time - with 55-64 year-olds most likely to do so. 
  Younger respondents (18-34 year olds) were more likely to feel their mobile was an essential part of their daily life and they would be "lost without it." Two-thirds of Britons surveyed leave their mobiles on at night, and only 14 percent of those switch it to silent.
  Some users never make phone calls from their mobile. In the United Kingdom, 11 percent of respondents never make calls; that figure is higher in the United States, at 13 percent. Texting is hugely popular in the United Kingdom, with half sending at least one text message per day and 2 percent sending a picture or video message (MMS) daily.
  Features such as camera, games and Internet access are becoming increasingly popular. In the United Kingdom, the most popular daily function is browsing the web at 9 percent, while on a weekly basis, it's taking photos (38 percent of respondents), followed jointly by browsing the web and playing games (22 percent) and sending a photo or video (18 percent).

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