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Asus announced new notebooks at Computex, with three new VivoBooks all based on 8th Generation Intel Core processors and three new ZenBook notebooks. The ZenBook Pro 15 uses an i9 processor in the top configuration and has Nvidia GeForce GTX1050 GPU with up to 1TB in SSD storage as well as Thunderbolt 3 ports. The … Read more
ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih hosted a press event at Computex 2018, unveiling all-new products, including ZenBook Pro 15 and ZenBook Pro 14 with the revolutionary ScreenPad input device, the triple-award-winning ZenBook S, a full lineup of VivoBook notebooks, and the VivoWatch BP wearable blood-pressure monitor. As part of the new ZenBook and VivoBook introduction, ASUS … Read more
Professor Hiroshi Amano was the third keynote speaker at DisplayWeek and he discussed Nanorod LEDs in the display field. However, he started by pointing out the contribution of LEDs in reducing power use in applications such as lighting. Low power lighting can make a dramatic impact on development in many areas of the world where … Read more
GBH Insights analyst Daniel Ives has predicted that this year’s line-up of iPhones could sell up to 350 million units over the following 12 to 18 months, according to an investment note seen by Business Insider. Ives’ reasoning is that last year, many iPhone fans were put off by Apple’s 2017 offerings for different reasons … Read more
Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone, the Mi 8, went on sale in China yesterday — and sold out in a little over a minute-and-a-half. How many units this equates to is as yet unknown but the next flash sale is scheduled for June 12th. The device features a 6.21″ Super AMOLED display with a 1080 x … Read more
People in the education industry always seem interested in the future of schooling. Perhaps that’s because the future of schools is the future of display technologies. I could easily envision it the other way around, of course: the future of displays informs us about the future of schools. And interest doesn’t just float towards the … Read more
Canatu has announced a collaboration with automotive technology company, Continental. The two firms have been working on a transparent, 3D touch surface for automotive interior displays, using Canatu’s CNB films and sensors. The tech was selected as a CES 2018’s Best of Innovation Awards Honoree in the “In-Vehicle Audio/Video” category. It was also named SID’s … Read more
Canatu announced at Automotive Interiors Expo a development cooperation with the technology company Continental. Canatu and Continental have been working for a completely new type of transparent, 3D touch surfaces in automotive interiors, resulting the world’s first touchscreen featuring a 3D touch surface. The transparent 3D shapes have been enabled by thin and conductive Canatu … Read more
A coating technology for deposition of laterally-graded optical layers on 2D — and in the future, also on 3D — substrates has been developed at Fraunhofer Institute’s Precision Coating business unit in Dresden, Germany. The results will be presented at the second OptecNet Annual Conference in Berlin, Germany, which takes place on June 20th and … Read more
Nikkei reports that Sharp will raise $1.8 billion through a public offering, with the fundraising round scheduled to conclude in July. The publication writes that the funds raised will be used “to purchase Sharp’s preferential stocks held by financial institutions”. The decision is said to be the final step in an aggressive financial rehabilitation plan … Read more
UK-based Zytronic has announced that its multi-touch projected capacitive technology (MPCT) touch sensors have been installed in Santander’s WorkCafé, a half-bank, half-café style branch concept currently exclusive to Chile. It has now been implemented in 20 Santander branches and will feature in 20 brand new offices by the end of 2018. Zytronic touch sensors are … Read more
Dutch TV application provider Metrological has been selected by BeIN Media, a pay TV operator based in Qatar, to develop a new TV app for its hybrid satellite, IP legacy and OTT television services, currently available in the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa. Metrological’s other partners include Comcast, KDN and Liberty Global.
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