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Touch and Haptics Innovations in 2015 SID iZone

Two developers caught my attention during my visit to the 2015 SID Display Week Innovation Zone (iZone). Redux Technologies and TouchNetix ...

Delta Electronics Takes the Lead in Setting Science Based Targets as the First Company in Taiwan to Pass SBTi

With its continued focus on climate change, Delta Electronics has taken the lead in establishing science-based targets by proposing to lower ...

Power Tech Distributes Light

Power Technology, a US-based laser company, has developed multi-projector laser light source. Unlike a traditional light source used in a single ...

VR @ ISTE 2017: In the Sessions

The virtual reality meme at the ISTE 2017 conference this year reached a high mark, both in the quantity and quality ...

Are Smartwatches a Product of the Future…?

… and will they always be? A couple of weeks ago, I mislaid my watch. I was at home and it ...

4 Million Homes Suffer 4G Interference

Roughly 4 million homes in Spain are having their DTT signals affected by interference from 4G networks on the 800MHz band. ...

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HEVC Wins Primetime Emmy Engineering Award

by Andrew Fenn

Last week, the Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC), was awarded the Primetime Emmy Engineering Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its development of High Efficiency Video Coding, also …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Huawei to Launch Video Streaming Service in Europe

by Andrew Fenn

Huawei has announced its plans to launch Huawei Video, a Netflix-a-like streaming service, in Spain and Italy during the first quarter of 2018. Jaime Gonzalo, VP of Huawei Consumer Europe Mobile Services, made the …

Tags:Huawei| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Foldable Microsoft Surface Tablet Rumours Emerge

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft is developing a new foldable Surface tablet, according to Windows Central. Citing unnamed sources, the report states that the device, codenamed Andromeda, will run Windows 10, built with Windows Core OS and CShell. …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Space Needle Launches Virtual Reality Experience

by Andrew Fenn

The Space Needle in Seattle has launched The VR Bar, a free virtual reality experience for visitors to the Needle’s observation deck. Created in collaboration with Panogs and Graffix, The VR Bar provides a …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 41

LG webOS Brings Channel Plus and DAZN to Canada

by Andrew Fenn

LG is expanding its webOS smart TV platform with LG Channel Plus and DAZN both coming to Canadian users of its 2017 line of Ultra HD smart TVs. Powered by Xumo, Channel Plus is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OTT Video| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 41

YouTube Living Room Viewing is Up 70%

by Andrew Fenn

YouTube living room viewing is up 70% year-on-year, according to Alphabet’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. The video giant’s live television service Youtube TV is now available across two-thirds of the US, while the additional YouTube …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 41| YouTube

UK ATM Blown Up in Attempted Robbery

by Andrew Fenn

An ATM outside a Matalan store in Darlington, UK was blown up last week in an attempted robbery. However, the thieves clearly overestimated the size of explosion required, creating a blast that could be …

Tags:ATMs| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Kyocera Gets Profit Boost

by Yvette Raikes

Kyocera Corporation announced Q2 net profits of ¥26.4 billion ($233 million), up 41% from ¥18.7 billion ($165 million) a year ago, on sales which rose 18% to ¥393.2 billion ($3.5 billion) from ¥333.3 billion …

Tags:Financial Data| Kyocera| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Pimax 8K Headset Beats Oculus Rift Kickstarter Record

by Andrew Fenn

Pimax’s 8K virtual reality headset has now raised $3.22 million on Kickstarter from 4,955 backers—surpassing Oculus Rift’s previous record of $2.44 million—with four days to go. The Kickstarter campaigns for Pimax’s 8K headset and …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Praxair to Supply Nitrogen to Samsung OLED Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Long-term Samsung partner Praxair, an industrial gas supplier from the US, has signed a new agreement to construct and operate an air separation plant that will supply 700 tonnes of nitrogen per day to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 41