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by Arthur Berman
At the recent Lenovo Tech World 2016 held in San Francisco, Lenovo showed two next generation prototypes based on flexible display technology. The first prototype was called CPlus. It is a conceptual smartphone / …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Smartwatches| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 50
by Arthur Berman
BMW has announced that it will debut the so-called HoloActive Touch system at CES 2017. Described by its creator as “an innovative operating concept for the interior of the future,” it is the latest …
Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50
by Arthur Berman
The original charter of Occipital Inc. (Boulder, CO and San Francisco, CA) was to develop state-of-the-art mobile computer vision applications. About three years ago, the company released a hardware product, a depth-sensing device called …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49
by Arthur Berman
reMarkable (Oslo, Norway) will soon be offering a new electronic notebook product. The device can be used not only for reading but also for handwritten notetaking and sketching. The user can use a “pen” …
Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| eReaders| Norway| Vol 23 - Issue 49
by Arthur Berman
An enabling material for many flexible electronic devices is a flexible, transparent electrically conductive thin film. In order for such a film to be commercially viable, it is necessary that it can be manufactured …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 48
by Arthur Berman
A research team within the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pa) is developing a means to detect hand gestures through the use of an “instrumented smartwatch.” The smartwatch is enabled with …
Tags:Gesture Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 47
by Arthur Berman
The Smart Microsystems Technology Center at ITRI (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has developed a so-called Long-Distance Floating Multi-Screen Head-up Display for automotive applications. First, a few words of background on the reasons why ITRI felt that …
Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Pico Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 47
by Arthur Berman
Electricks (San Francisco, CA) is developing a product called Trickstick. The device is a hand held “persistence of vision” display in the form of a wand. “Wave it in front of you and a …
Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 45
by Arthur Berman
The current generation of smartwatches use the front surface of the device for two related functions: display and touch input. This approach has two consequences. First, the input device (think finger), will occasionally but …
Tags:Gesture Recognition| Smartwatches| Touch Interfaces| Vol 23 - Issue 45
by Arthur Berman
The Virtual Reality Cinema is an entertainment concept developed by &Samhoud Media (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), a creative agency and online publisher that specializes in virtual and augmented reality. Located in Amsterdam, The VR Cinema …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43
by Arthur Berman
Holovect (Austin, TX)is developing a laser-based volumetric display in which the complete system can fit on a lab bench or desktop. Company literature clearly states that image produced by the Holovect Mk II is, …
Tags:Laser| Vol 23 - Issue 43| Volumetric Displays
by Arthur Berman
Consumers would clearly appreciate a better means to charge mobile electronic devices. Current technologies, such as charging pads and cables, are inconvenient and restrict device mobility. This issue is being addresses by a research …
Tags:| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 23 - Issue 42| Wireless Charging
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