STEENSSEN NEO XX has been under development for some time now. Much too long a time, most people would say, and that would be right. At STEENSSEN we would agree with that. However the delays we have experienced are beginning now to work to our advantage. The final product will be outstanding. Three major events have affected the progress of the product. One was the pandemic. Another was the global shortage of electronic components and chipsets. The third is the movement towar

The old English expression, "touch wood" is usually used when you want to avoid bad luck or to avoid your plans going wrong. For example, "I hope to visit the UK in spring - touch wood." However recent post-pandemic research shows that there might be a deeper meaning. The long periods of isolation, that the epidemic gave us, have shown that as human beings we need to be able to reconnect with the physical world. Although Zoom/Team/Skype meetings were convenient, time saving a

Online security and lack of data privacy are fast raising serious issues. As more of our digital devices become interlinked through smart phones and online services, the threats to our privacy are mushrooming. When designing AIR we looked at this issue in detail. Our solution was to simplify rather than to pump up the complexity. Amazon's Alexa voice assistant and Apple's Siri are already the subject of negative controversy about the way they form gateways through which every

In this age of lock-down, social distancing and self-isolation, the great expectation was that digitalisation would be one of the saving factors. Well in a way that has turned out to be true. Virtual school teaching, online business conferences and the multitude of chat apps all give the impression that we would be lost without being in touch via social media. What is intriguing is that the opposite is also true. The most optimistic stories we share are about community singin

On the 22nd of November 2018, the WHITE ALBUM was re-released after 50 years. It was on the same date in 1968 that the Beatles launched their iconic double LP album. Like almost everything else the Beatles did, it was a revolution. Not only in the composition and orchestration of the music and the selection of the tracks, but in the simple graphics of the cover. As the name suggests, it was a pure white double cover, with the name Beatles' embossed on the front. My version, i

It is really very logical that you get the best natural sound if you use natural materials. Most musical instruments use quality wood or metals like brass. So too with STEENSSEN, and this has a very great advantage. Sustainability and protection of the environment are serious challenges for our generation. No longer is it wise to produce so many products in plastic and other types of materials with poor sustainability. One of the great features of STEENSSEN is that about 90%

The Olympic games are very often used to take important steps in broadcasting technology. Colour TV was first introduced in the opening and closing ceremonies in Tokyo in 1964 and four years later there was much more colour tv coverage from the games themselves. These were mainly for Japanese viewers as hardly anyone else had colour tv in 1968. But there is no doubt that the Olympics were like a Kickstarter moment for colour. Now in 2021, the public broadcaster NHK in Japan a

There is a fresh mindset for the new generation. We want a clean planet. We want clean health. We want a clean lifestyle. There is not much doubt that we need to transform our cities for the climate challenges. At the same time, we need the health issues brought under control. These actions demand a broad fellowship and sense of community - and that translates into much greater equality in society. But how does that translate into real action at the individual level? In STEEN

Research has shown that each individual brain has a unique thought pattern identity. NP8 researches totally new technology for communicating sound and controlling the sonic environment in a smart home of the future. NP8 is conceived to utilize new ground-breaking discoveries in creating our physical world. Just like in the Renaissance where science and art were seen as running in parallel, so too do we recognize that high science and high aesthetics are beginning to give the