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Contactless Check-in Kiosk Technology Trialed at Nice Cote d’Azur Airport

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Passenger Terminal Today reported that a new system for touchless check-in is being tested at the Nice Côte d’Azur Airport. The trial will last two months and will allow users to …

Tags:Aviation| France| Touch Market| Touchless Touch

TV Panel Pricing Rate of Fall Eases in November

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC released data on the continued and dramatic drop in LCD TV panel prices which saw the fastest ever price declines in the history of the industry in September and October. …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)

Samsung names new CEOs, to merge mobile, consumer electronics units

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters (and other sources) reported that Samsung, in its annual year end management shake-up, has named two co-chief executives to run the business rather than three. One is Han Jong-hee, the …

Tags:Recruitment & Appointments| Samsung

Apple Planning Five New Macs?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his Power On newsletter that Apple will have a new iPad Pro with wireless charging, as well as updates to the iPad Air and entry-level iPad. …

Tags:Apple| iPad

Amazon Gives Up Alexa Hands-free Voice Tech to Toshiba for New High-end Fire TV Smart TV Line

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Toshiba TV brand in the US has signed up with Amazon to use its Alexa app along with the FireTV. The voice operation can use a remote or not. Toshiba’s …

Tags:Smart TV| toshiba| USA| Voice Input

Canon has developed an image sensor for photographs in the dark

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Canon has developed a new image sensor that is said to be 10 times better at detecting light than conventional devices. The sensor uses a technology called a …

Tags:Cameras| Canon| Panasonic| Sensors| sony

Samsung debuted a new AR experience called Dreamground.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung US said that it has a new AR live experience that is accessible at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles and the company’s flagship experiential store, Samsung 837, in New York …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Samsung| USA

Emotn C1, Pushing the Boundaries for LCD Projector

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Emotn launched the C1 projector based on an LCD display and with LED illumination. The unit is small at 225 x 186 x 109 and weighs 1.67kg. The resolution is 1280 …

Tags:LCD Projectors (3LCD)

US researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optics.org reported research from the Universities of Princeton and Washington that has led to the development of a camera using ‘metasurfaces’ that is just the size of a grain of salt. …

Tags:Cameras| Metasurfaces| Optics

Links Week Commencing 6th December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. RAW and more updates on the Ninja …

Fine haptics in an industrial environment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Distec and Tanvas have announced a display that has ‘fine surface haptics’ based on electroadhesion. According to Distec, previous technologies for haptic feedback on touchscreens, such as electromechanical …

Tags:Haptics

Vuzix Shield Lands Two CES Innovation Awards for CES 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vuzix said that it has received two CES Innovation Awards for its Vuzix Shield glasses which are due to ship in the second half of 2022. The unit uses dual microLED …

Tags:Augmented Reality| MicroLED| Vuzix