Ever wondered why companies insist that their employees keep their workplaces clean? Not only is a dirty workplace a terrible place to work in, but it also lowers productivity and efficiency. Cleaning up after a day of work is just as important as what you do for a living.
A systematic and productive workplace is not a one-day-affair just because the boss or some prospective clients are around. Sustaining your cleaning tasks is important to improve productivity and increase employee satisfaction.
bluemedia strives to keep a clean workspace not only because it looks good, but because it is step one in ensuring that our clients projects get completed in a timely/accurate manner. Check out our print department, our print staff takes pride in their space and equipment. These folks say late and come in early to ensure everything is in order to start a print run. Organization and cleanliness are keys to a successful and productive company. Taking pride in yourself and your environment are a sure sign of a dedicated employee (and we happen to have a ton here at blue!).
The ThermoCabinet™ is an innovative high-density colocation cabinet that provides power capacity up to 2,500 watts per square foot. The sealed cabinet design optimizes thermal management and provides an additional layer of physical protection.
According to the company’s president and founder Anthony Wanger, “the ThermoCabinet was designed to increase server and power capacity while reducing both the physical and carbon footprint.”“We listened to our customers and developed a solution that would address their economic and environmental concerns – the ThermoCabinet is the Swiss army knife for colocation.”
The toys were out at the 2009 Big Boys & their Toys show. bluemedia was in full force representing our awesome abilities with live demos & numerous wrapped vehicles throughout the show. A great turnout came to see the newest cars, quads, and boats. There was also a state-of-the-art golf simulator with “nearest to pin” and “longest drive” competitions, a sport racing simulator, four speed-dating events and a video game tournament called Devastation. Everyone had a great time and bluemedia made many new friends as well as some great new clients. Thanks to all that helped make this the best Big Boys show yet!! See you next year.
PHOENIX, Jan. 26, 2009 – The NBA unveiled the first-ever wrapped METRO light rail trains today during an event at the METRO Operations and Maintenance Facility in Phoenix. A special NBA All-Star-themed design, highlighting the images of six 2009 NBA All-Stars and printed on HP digital printing technology with 3M Control-tac Material, will be featured on two trains from the new mass transit system beginning today and lasting through Monday, Feb. 16.
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The METRO light rail train was unveiled by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, members of the Phoenix City Council, NBA Senior Vice President of Events and Attractions Gail Hunter, Phoenix Suns President & COO Rick Welts, and the Phoenix Suns Gorilla, the team mascot.
The wrappedMETRO light rail trains feature an NBA All-Star 2009 thematic, which includes the All-Star Game logo and images of 2009 All-Stars Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers, Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavilers, Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and Amar’e Stoudemire of the hometown Phoenix Suns. Four separate light rail vehicles, paired into two-car trains, feature the special NBA All-Star design.
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Recognizing the economic and community benefits associated with NBA All-Star 2009, the METRO Board of Directors, which currently has a “no advertising” policy, voted to allow the NBA to wrapMETRO light rail trains as a pilot project.
The NBA utilized digital printing technology from HP to produce the first-ever branding for the METRO. The NBA and HP’s wide-ranging marketing partnership will also include utilization of HP’s printing services throughout the NBA All-Star 2009 footprint, including at the US Airways Center, at NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas, and in downtown Phoenix. The league selected bluemedia, a leading provider of large format design and printing for use in vehicle, large format and environmental graphic applications, to produce the wrapping, which was printed on an HP Scitex TJ8300 printer using 3M Control-tac.
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“Light Rail and the NBA All-Star Game are two extraordinary feathers in our City’s cap,” said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. “This is where they come together for the very first time. They’ll meet again, of course, as thousands ride the METRO to all the All-Star events.”
“Phoenix has been a wonderful host city and this is another example of how it is working to spread the excitement of NBA All-Star in innovative ways,” said Gail Hunter, Senior Vice President, Events and Attractions
National Basketball Association. “METRO light rail is an exciting addition to the Valley of the Sun and we are thrilled to take part in this unique promotion to build anticipation for the league’s marquee event.”
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“NBA All-Star 2009 will put on display to a global audience why Phoenix is such a great place to live and to do business. The NBA does a terrific job branding their marquee event and the addition of the wrappedMETRO light rail is just another example of that,” said Rick Welts, President & COO, Phoenix Suns.
NBA All-Star 2009 in Phoenix will bring together some of the most talented and passionate players in the league’s history for a global celebration of the game. Among the many events that will reach fans in more than 200 countries in more than 40 languages are the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam, Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, PlayStation Skills Challenge, Haier Shooting Stars, McDonald’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas, and the 58th NBA All-Star Game, played on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the US Airways Center and broadcast on TNT for the 24th year. This will be the third NBA All-Star in Phoenix. The city also hosted the event in 1975 and 1995.
Congratulations to the bluemedia team for completing the first ever wrapped Metro Light Rail for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game! This was a truely amazing project for the dedicated staff at bluemedia to be a part of. We look forward to more attention grabbing projects with the NBA and HP.
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Bluemedia developed this program for Olsen Events Group, which Hewlett Packard (HP) contracted to develop digital graphics that promote HP’s Scitex brand at a company event. In turn, Olsen hired bluemedia to develop a series of soft-sided signs that demonstrate the diverse markets HP serves. Fittingly, the shop output the program on its HP Scitex XL using the machine’s eight-color setting, and fabricated the 21-ft. 8-in. x 12-ft. banners using 14-oz., matte-finish banner material.
Late last night Will Mejia, Rhonda Lewis, and Joe Ross proved that creativity happens at all hours. They shot their own custom portraits of the monster machines that make the bluemedia process happen. These shall be released to the public soon…
“Drag & Draw turns the entire home into a virtual canvas for children. The digital light painting kit enables the user to paint via laser beams. Simply wave the wand over the laser projection bucket, then use it to draw on any wall or surface. Draw a bus on a road, for instance, and then with another flick of the wand that image is suddenly surrounded by a colorful backdrop.” – Business Week
Before now, printing and installing graphics on textured surfaces such as brick, stucco, and cinderblock was not popular because of how the vinyl distorted when installed.
Thanks to 3M’s new release of Scotchcal Graphic Film iJ8624 we are now able to turn textured surfaces into prime real estate! The new material uses a special gray colored adhesive that is designed to hide surface color from protruding through the graphics, and to remove easily with a heat gun.
The possibilities for application of this technology are endless!
Above is an example of removable graffiti installed on a stucco wall outside the bluemedia office. A photograph was taken of the wall to capture the color and texture of the surface. That photo was then digitally edited and the graffiti graphics were added.
If your application doesn’t call for a graffiti look, we can also use the material to make signage out of empty wallspace as seen here.
Desktop Factory had developed a 3-D printer for the masses. The 3D Printer literally creates robust three-dimensional objects made from a gray plastic powder which can then be sanded and painted.
Current rapid-prototyping machines start at $50,000 and go way up to the hundreds of thousands of dollars. When Desktop Factory starts selling its machines later this year they will cost $5,000. The company plans to get them down to about a $1,000 within the next two years.
When this happens, not only will more businesses be able to use 3-D printers to analyze their designs much faster, but savvy consumers will be able to afford this technology too.
This will surely start out as a niche market, but can easily be adopted by the mainstream in a relatively short timeline.
Imagine all of those 3D modelers and art school students being able to print out their 3D work. That alond could end up creating a whole new market with the emergence of a new demand for online sharing/selling of 3-D CAD designs – so that people can source objects to create at home.
Introducing Megaphone a real-time multi-player collaborative gaming platform designed for use on large screens in public spaces. This system allows anyone with a mobile phone (regardless of their carrier service) to join in on the action and compete against other mobile users. Players join the game by simply making a regular phone call which links them into the game. They then control their character with either voice or keypad commands.
Our creative minds are already wrapping our brains around this technology and how we can use it in the future. We’ve talked a little bit about cinema engagement before but this could take those 20 minutes of downtime before the movie begins to a whole new level. We could also use this technology in Stadiums, Live TV Interaction, Concerts, Tradeshows, Nightclubs, Store Windows, Mobile Projection Van…. Really the possibilities are endless.
