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Nikolas Bentel, a designer in New York City, has released a range of shirts that change colour in the presence of pollution, according to Mark Fihn’s Flexible Substrate. Bentel worked with Autodesk to develop three different shirts: one that detects carbon monoxide, one that detects particle pollution (like excessive dust) and one that detects radioactivity. … Read more
It’s often said about we humans that we are very bad at understanding and dealing with exponential change. And yet, that is the nature of a lot of the changes in the technology world in displays or in the systems that drive those displays. We tend to think that change will be linear and gradual. … Read more
Actions Semiconductor, of China, has released a chipset called the V100 for personal 3D cinema headsets. It is an all-in-one chip, featuring a MIPS32 processor, an integrated video engine, display subsystem and audio engine. The V100 supports LCD displays with resolutions up to 1280 x 800 at 60fps. It also incorporates an H.264 decoder than … Read more
Kyulux has secured a licence to Harvard University’s Molecular Space Shuttle deep learning system. The firm will use this for the discovery of new materials for display and lighting applications. The system is able to quickly screen ‘millions’ of molecules, testing them for stability and other characteristics necessary to produce light against the characteristics necessary … Read more
Alcatel, a division of TCL, has unveiled a new smartphone exclusively for MetroPCS customers in the USA. The Alcatel TRU is a low-cost value smartphone with a large display. The 5″ screen of the TRU has 854 x 480 resolution and is protected by Asahi cover glass. The phone’s 5MP rear camera uses Polaroid software … Read more
Vuzix reported Q2 2016 net loss of $4.5 million, up 38% YoY from $2.7 million. Turnover was $560,877, up 31% YoY from $427,812. Higher sales of engineering services and the iWear video headphones boosted turnover.
MIT, with Microsoft Research, has unveiled a temporary interface for devices like smartwatches and PCs. It is called DuoSkin, and is a fabrication process based around temporary ‘tattoos’. The ‘tattoos’ are made of gold metal leaf, due to its low price and high conductivity. The leaf is combined with other materials, like temporary tattoo printing … Read more
Sky’s Now TV is set to launch in Spain, soon after launching in Germany and Italy. Now TV runs on a streaming box produced by Roku. Analyst Comment Sky’s Now TV service is one of the few (or only?) ‘OEM-branded’ Roku systems. (BR)
ACCESS CO., LTD (IBC stand #14.D14) today announced that it will demonstrate its extended ACCESS Twine™ multiscreen media sharing and management platform at IBC 2016 (9 – 13 September 2016, Amsterdam RAI). ACCESS Twine eases the development and operation of multiscreen services by addressing the most important details operators are facing, such as coping with … Read more
Extron has unveiled an HDMI cable equaliser/extender called the HD 4K 101 Plus, which can handle up to DCI-4k resolution, 60fps and 4:4:4 subsampling. Designed to be used at the end of a long cable run, the unit equalises poor or marginal source signals; reduces jitter and skew; and adds output (pre-emphasis). DCI-4k HDMI signals … Read more
JVC is to unveil its first consumer D-ILA projector at IFA 2016. All that we know so far is that it will be a BLU-Escent model, with UltraHD (or DCI-4k) resolution and HDR. BLU-Escent is a technology that JVC uses on its commercial projectors. It is a combination of a blue laser and yellow phosphor, … Read more
Cadillac has designed a concept car with the infotainment interface spread across several arched displays. The new concept uses ‘at least’ three curved OLED screens, which Cadillac has developed with LG Display, and is currently being shown at Monterey Car Week in California. One screen, the centre console, is placed behind the wheel, and is … Read more
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