"Let's do something round and big," said the Israeli artist/architect Ron Arad when the director of London’s Roundhouse art venue asked to create an installation for the venue's birthday. "Maybe a curtain as tall and as wide as possible?"

It took the ingenuity of a smart design team, the technical expertise of Blitz Communications and 12 Barco RLM-W8 projectors to bring Arad’s design idea to life. The result is Curtain Call - a giant suspended, circular installation made up of 5,600 silicon rods, used as a canvas for films, live performance and audience interaction.

Did you know that one in every two airplanes, worldwide, is brought to the ground safely thanks to an air traffic management system of the Thales group? To support its efforts to make air travel safer, more efficient and greener, the group has recently moved its R&D team to a brand-new Centre for Advanced Studies in Air Traffic Management (CASIA) in Melbourne, Australia.

Flying through larger-than-life anatomy isn't science fiction, it's simulation.  The University of Toledo College of Medicine is at the forefront of medical simulation with its virtual immersive reality center, employing a Barco I-Space and CADWalls to provide brand new ways for medical students to explore the human body. 

Big surprises can come in small packages when it comes to innovations in medical imaging. Although one of the smallest states in the US, Vermont has a sizable reputation for its use of advanced electronic medical records management.  Fletcher Allen Health Care relies on hundreds of Barco's medical displays to deliver high-quality healthcare, leveraging the multi-modality capabilities of the Coronis Fusion 6MP DL to enhance clinical performance and workflow efficiency in its radiology department.

Breast screening is challenging partly because of limitations in our ability to see small and subtle objects. Barco’s Mammo Tomosynthesis 5MP comes with brand-new DuraLight Nova backlights, which offer twice the brightness and twice the lifetime of conventional mammography displays, unveiling the most subtle details for enhanced diagnostic confidence.

Barco’s HDX series is currently in the running to get a coveted InAVation Award, a highly prestigious industry accolade that is awarded each year at ISE. And ISE is, as you know, the biggest AV tradeshow of Europe. The HDX series is a finalist in the category ‘Most InAVative Commercial Projector’.

With nearly a quarter of radiologists and 80 percent of physicians using smartphones and mobile devices in their medical practice, the interest in mobile viewing applications is increasing rapidly. That’s why Barco developed MediCal QAWeb Mobile.

Today, mammography is the standard method for breast screening. But the contribution from multi-frame studies, like ultrasound, MR, and breast tomosynthesis, is increasing. Barco’s Mammo Tomosynthesis 5MP for breast tomosynthesis comes with RapidFrame technology to ensure instant delivery of sharp images.

The National Gwacheon Scientorium in Gwacheon City is one of South Korea’s most renowned museums. Inaugurated in 2008, it is a new-concept science museum: a place where visitors can touch and feel the objects and be submerged in interactive experiences. Besides a science theme park and an ecosystem hall, the museum houses South Korea’s biggest planetarium.

Managing a medical display network that covers more than 20 sites across seven states is no small task...or is it? With MediCal QAWeb, Bon Secours Health System effortlessly ensures continuous calibration, uptime and optimum performance of its displays around the clock. Bon Secours' radiologists, physicians and IT personnel have come to rely on this automated, online QA assurance service to not only ensure the superior image accuracy of Barco's diagnostic, clinical review and mammography displays, but also to better manage display procurement planning and budgeting processes.