Green Audio from U-Turn Round

January 6, 2012

Green wind up audio playback used by the Garden Of Wales

Merry Christmas from blackbox-av

December 14, 2011

Merry Christmas from all Blackbox-av – see our Christmas video featuring our latest products and out opening hours

New AudioSign photos online now

December 13, 2011

We have just uploaded some new photos of Audio Sign – a wind up or solar powered audio interpretation sign

Video Frame 15 Kiosk video is online now

November 7, 2011

Check out our latest product the video frame 15 kiosk….on our video

Lightbox 2 Information Released

November 2, 2011

Our popular museum media browser Lightbox 2 is in the final stages of beta testing and we have just updated the webpage with a preview of the new features…more to come soon!

New Solar Post Photos

October 27, 2011

We have added a few new photos of our 2 button external solar post…rather nice we think!

Audio Bin

The world’s resources are by no means infinite. We are slowly using up our supply of fossil fuels, resources which take millions of years to produce naturally and with the world’s population increasing along with the general standard of living, the consumption of food and materials is increasing and in the decades to come, recycling [...]

PIR Activated Audio Content

A simple but very effective method of activating audio content is the PIR sensor. Short for Passive Infrared, PIR sensors measure the temperature of its surroundings through infrared radiation given off by objects and people. When an infrared source, such as a person, moves in front of a source with a different temperature, such as a wall, [...]

Interpretation and Accessibility

The UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, in Article 27.1, that “Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.” Museums and heritage sites are certainly a central point of our cultural life, the arts and [...]

Museum Magic

Schools are defined as places of education and instruction. We go there to learn about maths, science, history and geography amongst other things. What they are not, are places to experience the reality of these subjects. True you may watch the odd video in the classroom, have someone bring in a relic or replica for [...]

Creating Museum Audio Content

Have you ever found yourself in a position where you have a wonderful idea but don’t have the first clue about making it a reality? Luckily, blackbox-av can make wonderful ideas come true. We produce a diverse range of off the shelf audio devices such as the U-Turn Round and the Message in a Speaker, [...]

Power from the People

We are constantly being bombarded with news articles about global warming and petrol prices not to mention campaigns for a greener Earth, alternative fuels and organic alternatives and the time coming where we will all have to take these into consideration. Our supply of fossil fuels is by no means infinite and cutting down forests [...]