Hi all! Once again I will be live-blogging the New Tech Breakfasts at LDI! The Friday morning session will be hosted here! Friday morning will be dedicated to all new lighting gear, so check in Friday from 8-10 a.m. (Pacific time) for a quick run-down of everything that will be debuted at LDI! (You can check out Saturday morning's session, which covers rigging and special effects,here!)

Joel from Apollo up first. Decided to expand from gobos and move into LED’s. Built in-house, design control, flexibility, quick turn around and customization.

Avid 5 Can unit and Avid 7 Wash unit. They’ve got an intro video. I’ll get that and post it ASAP.

Next up we have Kevin from Vectorworks. Software engineer from Vectorworks. New summary tool to create key and lighting position summaries. New command to edit info attached ot symbols. Direct modeling, twist tool. Can twist objects. You can choose to publish - choose pictures or documents and publish to various formats, PDF, DWG, etc.

OmniSystems up next. PAssport 15W, wireless DMX fixture. Comes in case of 8 units, charge to just plug in wall. Black and white housing. RGBWA in unit. Double yoke to angle. Also available in 10W. Their spark 7, comact moving yoke unit. 7 LEDS, 12W, 8° beam angle.

Broadway Green Alliance talking about a new program. James Bedell - theatrical lighting designer telling us about it. Wanted to work on tool to reduce impact of lighting on sustainability. Nonlighting people may be doing the purchasing, but won't be doing spec sheets. They want to know if fixture is up to task, if it is actually greener, and what's the cost (upfront nad over time). Lighting people care about a lot more. They developed BGA Greener Lighting Guide to share with people Greener alternatives to lights you have.

Pitching manufacturers to upload their data to make sure all info is good and useful.

Osram up next. Osram SL Set Light. Designed to replace 250W tungsten light source. Output is 3200K at CRI in excess of 95. Putting out about 3000 lumens. Compact optics. Uses a diaphragm cooler. Virtually silent, no fan.

ESP Vision. New Features in latest version. Vision Pro 4 is out. First cross-platform release all from same code base. Transparency is improved. So is quad-view, can program in that mode to help out in focus positions. Performance slider, cuts down quality of light beam in air, so you can go lower-quality to help your rendering time, and just check cue time. Can lock to DMX channel, so you can adjust a slider and change quality on the fly.

Franklin Moore AG Stumpfl, portable projection screens. They made the screens for the breakfast. They make projection software and media servers. New innovation is the award-winning "full white" borderless front projection screen.

ETC LED Source Four Cyc Light. Trippy kaleidoscope video intro to unit. Get the x7 color system fro Source 4 system. Needs no secondary lensing, iPhone app to tell angle to set at. Pics! First show used at Natiaonl Theatre London-- cyc completely with Source 4 LED cyc adapter. Reveiwers loved it. Thought it was CGI projection.

Xyloband showing off their wireless LED technology on wristbands, beachballs, or seats -- for interactive audience involvement. Can chase different sequences, blink at different rates, RGB version, but more expensive. Can be tied into DMX or be organic, played on MIDI keyboard. Can pixel map your audience.

Madrix 3 media control, also all about pixel mapping. Developed in 2004. Make LED lighting control easy and intuitive. Introducing "real 3D pixel mapping" X,Y,Z They call thsi "Volume rendering" Can't get a good photo of video showing it off, but it's pretty cool.

Peter Kirkup from LumenRadio. SuperNova IDM controller to talk to fixtures, and allows you to patch fixtures, monitor rig with temperature data and more all from your laptop. They're now launching support for ArtNet nodes. No longer requiring just wireless, but can now be on any ArtNet system. Not trying to be lighting console, they sit alongside it. As electrician you can deal with technical aspects of fixtures, while designer and programmer create visual looks. You can look at all sensors in fixture and see how they're acting. All in real-time.

A3 Pro LED from Absen. A 3mm LED display for indoor use, indoor shows and events. Typical events include corporate tehatre. Uses second generation calibration technology, designed to deliver better image uniformity, even between batches, so you can replace modules and not have image quality difference. Also has new connector, so the modules are incredibly close to each other when hooked up, can't even put piece of paper between them.

Aquarii presenting Axxeleron. 3000-5000K, CRI up to 90. Beam angle 14-70 degrees and a no lens option. Swtichable, 0-10 dimming and DMX. Can come in standard mounting positions (cable, flush mount etc), white, black, custom color. Can also have logo or image applied ot housing. Comes with 10 yr warranty.

Gary Fails from City Theatrical. Sharing story of Hurricane Sandy. Business was "destroyed." Every machine, every computer, inventory -- "out of business for a while." There were those who said CT would never return. Employees worked hard to come back.They looked ahead and decided to start with clean slate. They got business back up adn running, and here's there's new stuff. QolorFlex LED tape. Entertainment industry designed -- more durable. Wide range of LED dimmers, with "perfect" dimming curves. ShowBaby 5. Can deliver 5 universes of data, high-fidelity low-latency wireless DMX at a great price. They cameout with an auto-yoke for the LED Source 4.

Creative Stage Lighting -- they're also talking about the Spark 7 from OmniSystems -- they are the US distributors of product. Compact, lightweight, low power consumption, brand new cooling engine, each LED has an individul heat sink, makes fixture lighter and maintenance easier.

DMXLAN v4. Direct access to rig even if console is not available. Gives technician complete control over rig, and lets programmer set cues. Can create lists to filter fixtures and not get swamped in data.

EntTec - Have a "lot of new cool products." Took some pics with details. Will get hem up later.

AND NOW! Doug Fleenor! What DMX wackiness awaits? Introducing a postive reinforcement device. DMX-controlled candy dispenser. Also have a dim rail, can snap DMX products onto dim rails. High-density dimmer become popular, and now it has grounded outlets.

Pat from Lex products. Power and cable cross-over protector. Molded Ever-Grip stagepin connections. Binds carrier and carrier together and over-mold. Can put optional logo in molded housing. Will also do retrofit, and upgrade existing cable. LexPress Product Configurator. Will give you real-time online quotes of custom Lex products. Guides users through a series of steps that will give a part number and cost so you can design cable, touring rack, power distro unit -- and will give you a quote, and prevent you from designing unsafe or unusable product.

Dark Light Systems - specializing in really really tiny lights. Low-cost, highly replaceable LED expendables, etc. "World's smallest gobo projects with zoom and focus" Gantam IQX -- fully integrated DMX capability. Can be battery operated.

Alan Keyes from Robert Juliat. Two new fixtures. Tibo - in profile and Fresnel. Introducing a new variable white version of the Tibo. Auto-detecting power supply, 15-40 degrees on profile. Zep - 150W LED, profile and fresnel. All four fixtures come with power and DMX in and thru and wireless DMX option.

Rob from Black Tank/Rosco. New prototype fixture in Rosco booth, looking for feedback. A new fixture is a spin on their Miro Cube. Miro Cube Arc series. Fits in tiny spots, mounting accessories. Color, white, warm white, UV. Single yoke, or gang-able into all sorts of different arrays. New power connector options, include hard-wired, and RJ45. Control options: full speed DMX, manual, color mixing. "Future proof" -- each feature can be removed and replaced, so you don't need to buy new feature can just swap out. Built in Maine, every part traceable.

NowTech Proscenio surtitling systems. Real surtitling system, not just a video screen. Designed for displaying text with anti-glare and anti-halo effects built in. EzLite work lights. ZikLIte LED music stand lights. Available in different color temps.

James from Innovation LED. Ilumo brand intorducing the Zoom LED spot 12 LEDs, OSram, RGBW, RGGB and CWWW options. Motorized zoom, RDM enabled, wireless DMX enabled. Colormatch, full ArtNet, sACN to DMX mode, Color Crossfade Engine. ColorMatch engine is proprietary software to define the green that your green LED puts out. You can move your colorpoints in a chromaticity diagram.

LightConverse -- new upgrades to their rendering engine. Frame rates from 25-60 frames/second, direct OEM connectivity with many popular consoles, Provides own paperwork, and connectivity with VectorWorks 2014. Also supports 3D, and lets you give your clients a 3D view (you provide the glasses).

And that's it! See you tomorrow morning!