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Large-Area Panels Rebound From First Fall

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TFT panel suppliers are forecast to ship 718 million large-area (9″+) panels this year – a 3% rise compared to 2013. NPD DisplaySearch says that panel price increases and an expanding average TV size …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch

Video of flexing on impact of Gorilla Glass

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Video of flexing on contact of glass from Corning

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Gorilla Glass 4 Testing Video

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The video shows how Corning tests its Gorilla Glass 4 is tested

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HTC Signs Tech Data

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Tech Data Mobile Solutions in the UK has been appointed as exclusive distributor for HTC’s new Nexus 9 tablet.

Panasonic Opens Pop-Up Store In New York

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Panasonic is opening a pop-up store in New York City’s Union Square area which will be open daily through to November 25. The store will feature a collection of Panasonic’s latest consumer products from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Retailers| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46

ONR Demonstrated Augmented Reality System for Training Purposes

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Augmented reality headsets are typically being measured by being compared with the Google Glass device. The issue of what augmented reality can be used for is still ongoing and recent press releases favor corporate …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46

SMI Adds Eye-Tracking to Oculus

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Germany’s Sensomotoric Instruments (SMI) has launched an eye-tracking upgrade package for the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 (DK2). The package adds SMI’s eye-tracking 295 to the device; it is supplied with a C/C++ SDK …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Q3’14 Worst on Record for US Pay-TV

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The 13 largest pay-TV providers in the USA (representing 95.3 million video customers – about 95% of the market) lost around 150,000 net video subscribers in Q3’14 – compared to a loss of 25,000 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Cyberland Claims 2016 for Oculus

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According to Cyberland, the Oculus Rift VR headset will (finally) be launched in February 2016. The claim follows Oculus VR founder and CEO Brendan Iribe hinting that the device would be released in 2015 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Microchip Not Planning CSR Offer

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Microchip Technology has said it will not be making an offer for UK-based chipmaker CSR. In September the US company was reported to have approached CSR with an acquisition offer (Display Monitor Vol 21 …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Nanobattery Promises Longer Life, Faster Charging

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A tiny structure called a nanopore ‘could bring about the ultimate miniaturisation of energy storage components’. Invented by University of Maryland researchers, the nanopore is a tiny hole in a ceramic sheet. It holds …

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Hon Hai, Innolux to Set-up Joint Panel Plant

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Hon Hai Precision and Innolux are to invest NT$50 billion ($1.6 billion) in a joint venture 6G panel production plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to produce LTPS panels for smartphones. Sources suggest that the plant …