Forward Industries’ Subsidiary Intelligent Product Solutions and Lighticians Collaborate to Bring Smart Lighting to Sports ...
October 23 2018 - 9:00AM
- First IoT-Connected Lighting for
Live Sporting Event Broadcasts:
Wirelessly Manages Lighting from Anywhere-
Intelligent Product Solutions (IPS), a subsidiary of Forward
Industries (NASDAQ: FORD), and Lighticians today announced the
first IoT-connected lighting solution for live sporting event
broadcasts, enabling lighting designers to remotely control the
lighting during a television broadcast. With this
IPS-designed solution, the lighting used to illuminate the
broadcasters and player interviews on the sidelines is controlled
by the Lighticians Elixir mobile iOS app, making it easy to adjust
from any remote location. IPS is an award-winning global
product design and development firm that specializes in IoT
products.
During sporting events, the natural lighting changes over the
course of a day/evening and, as a result, requires adjustments to
the fixtures that are lighting the on-screen talent. In the
past, lighting designers had to manually adjust the fixtures to
light the talent, and the crew adjusting the lights was not able to
see what the image looked like on camera. With Lighticians Elixir,
the lighting designer can now make changes from a monitor live in
the broadcast booth, trailer or even from behind the camera.
“This new smart way to control and adjust the lighting for
sports broadcasts can be used for any event including baseball,
football, car racing and horse racing. Our solution improves the
lighting quality and delivers a better viewing experience for
fans,” explained Tim Duff, CEO of Lighticians.
He added, “IPS has been our product design partner from the
start, and the company’s expertise in app development and wireless
product design has been crucial to the development of our sports
broadcasting products, as well as our previously-released motion
picture set-lighting solution. The IPS team has extensive wireless
connectivity experience which is essential in overcoming the
challenges of designing reliable wireless products for use in
environments with large amounts of radio frequency interference,
like sports arenas.”
The Lighticians’ lighting solution for sports broadcasts
includes the Elixir mobile app and Satellite wireless base station
that works like a wireless router. In addition, the solution
includes dongles that plug into the back of the lights so they can
communicate directly to the Satellite base station.
“Working with Lighticians, our expert team was able to overcome
many of the design hurdles to develop a user-friendly software and
hardware solution that makes it easier and quicker to manage the
lighting for broadcasters in sports arenas,” said Mitch Maiman,
President and Cofounder of Intelligent Product Solutions. “Managing
the balance of overall wireless RF link performance in a relatively
small package and maintaining an attractive, useable industrial
design, all while simplifying the user experience of installation
and provisioning is a major challenge. We enjoyed bringing our
holistic approach to the multi-disciplinary solution.”
CEO and Chairman of Forward Industries, Terry Wise commented,
“We are very excited about the collaboration with Lighticians. This
is an excellent example of how Forward Industries has enabled IPS
to leverage the advantages of being part of the group to partner
with companies who are developing potentially ground-breaking
products.”
About IPS
IPS, a subsidiary of Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FORD), is an
award-winning global product design and development company that
is headquartered in New York. IPS offers expert product
design and engineering services, including Internet of Things
(IoT) and wearable technology solutions. Its clients are
among the leading brands in consumer electronics, medical devices,
enterprise and security solution providers, and Internet of Things
(IoT) connected solutions, including AdhereTech, Google, Physio
Control, Motorola, and charity: water. To learn more about IPS,
visit www.intelligentproduct.solutions or
contact info@ips-yes.com or @IPSdesigners.
About Lighticians
Based in Los Angeles, Lighticians is evolving sports
broadcasting and motion picture lighting with its new instinctual
lighting control app, Elixir, a robust plug-and-play wireless
platform. Lighticians Inc. empowers sports broadcasters and motion
picture lighting industry with embedded intelligent software and
wireless control that enables efficient and exquisite lighting.
For more media information, contact:
Lisa Hendrickson/LCH Communications for IPS
516-767-8390
lisa@lchcommunications.com
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