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Alienware Joins Gaze Notebook Market

Alienware sneaked a notebook, the Alienware 17, with gaze recognition into the market while we were tied up with IFA and joins Acer in using the technology. Features that are enabled by the Tobii-based gaze system include: Wake on Gaze – In order to wake the notebook up from sleep mode, the user looks directly … Read more

Patent Granted by USPTO for Crystalplex Corp.’s Sapphire Quantum Dots

Crystalplex Corp. today announced the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U. S. Patent No. 9,425,253, “Passivated Nanoparticles,” assigned to Crystalplex. The patent, which claims the fabrication and use of SapphireTM quantum dots, or passivated quantum dots with improved stability, was granted to inventors Lianhua Qu and Gregory Miller. The patent is directed … Read more

Acer Named Official Partner for 2016 League of Legends World Championships and 2016 All Star Events

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Acer has been named the Official Partner for 2016 League of Legends World Championships and 2016 All Star Event, with the marketing alliance with Riot Games kicking off now and continuing through the duration of these events. Acer will supply Predator XB1 (XB241H) monitors for these exciting international eSports events, equipping the professional practice rooms, … Read more

CGR France’s New Premium Concept Cinema to be lit by Christie Ultra Bright, High Contrast laser

Cinemagoers in France will soon be able to enjoy movies in the best colours and highest brightness and contrast, thanks to CGR Cinemas, a nationwide chain which is upgrading projection in selected outlets with the Solaria CP42LH RGB laser projector from Christie®. Installed and supported by Cine Digital Service, the projectors will be part of … Read more

Socionext develops ISDB-S3 Demodulator with Channel Bonding Option for Cable Retrans

Socionext Inc., a leading provider of advanced SoC solutions for digital TV, has developed the world’s first demodulator IC that is compatible both with the Advanced Wide-Band Digital Satellite Broadcasting (ISDB-S3) and ITU-T Recommendation J.183 based channel bonding technology. The new SC1501A can receive both the direct signals from the satellites and the retransmission of … Read more

Steljes Back at Avocor – Expands to the US

After the failure of his long term distribution business, Steljes, which both profited from and developed the strong market for Smart boards in the UK, but could not survive the breakdown in the relationship between the companies (Steljes Creditors Unlikely to Get Their Money), Nigel Steljes has been promoting the Vividtouch interactive displays that we … Read more

Students Access Books Digitally

UK bookseller, Blackwell, has opened two university campus shops in Cardiff and Liverpool, which have digital displays and interactive touchscreens. Students can get advice and access information about eight million titles, both physical and eBooks, which they can buy using the screens or at the till. The company offers an eReading platform accessible from laptops, … Read more