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Fire-Lite Alarms Supports Future First Responders And Fire Inspectors

College Fire Science Program Receives State-of-the-Art Fire-Lite Equipment

Fire-Lite Alarms, part of Honeywell’s Life Safety group, is a proud supporter of the Moraine Valley Community College Fire Science Technology Program, Palos Hills, IL. A new Fire-Lite MS-9050UD addressable FACP (fire alarm control panel) contributed by Fire-Lite, together with smoke detectors, strobes, and water flow and tamper alarms donated by System Sensor, will provide future first responders and fire inspectors modern equipment for vital hands-on training.

Moraine Valley’s Fire Science Program received further support from local Fire-Lite installer, Jim Simmons of Simmons Contracting. Wanting to ensure the new equipment operated

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Software Featured In Spider-Man 3 Effects Pipeline

Sony Picture Imageworks used BodyPaint 3D and CINEMA 4D as exclusive 3D texturing and digital matte environment software

MAXON’s software played an important role in the making of Spider-Man™ 3 according to visual effects powerhouse Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. For this record-smashing blockbuster, Sony Pictures Imageworks utilized CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D as part of their production pipeline to bring the third part of the Spider-Man franchise to the big screen. MAXON’s BodyPaint 3D and CINEMA 4D were among the 3D texturing and digital matte environment software used by Imageworks on Spider-Man 3.

The talented texture artists at Sony

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Happy 4th from FacilityBlog

Since most of you will be off today (or on call, at worst), FacilityBlog wishes you the best for an event-free day!