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Developments in Wireless Power Transfer Between Mobile Devices

A team within the Bristol Interaction Group at the University of Bristol (Bristol, UK) led by Paul Worgan is developing a novel means to address the issue of limited battery life in mobile devices. The starting point of the team’s approach is considering power as a commodity that can be shared between mobile devices in … Read more

Universal Parks & Resorts and Christie sign Corporate Partnership Agreement

Christie

Universal Parks & Resorts has entered into a corporate partnership agreement with Christie®, which will see Christie delivering the latest projection technologies to Universal Parks & Resortsas the Official Projection System Provider. The agreement includes Universal Parks & Resorts’ Theme Parks and CityWalk complexes throughout the United States. As a Universal Parks & Resorts corporate … Read more

Leyard Video Walls Modernize La Salle des Emirats at the Palace of Nations, the United Nations Headquarters

Leyard, a global leader in visualization products, today announced that the La Salle des Emirats at the Palace of Nations, the European headquarters of the United Nations (UN) located in Geneva, Switzerland, has installed the latest Leyard LED display technology as a central feature of daily delegate sessions and other meetings throughout the year. The … Read more

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Supports Surgeons and Smiles with Sony Solutions for New Facility

One of the world’s most technologically advanced children’s hospitals, Alder Hey has partnered with Sony to build a powerful hospital-wide IP video network. High Definition surgical footage can be patched instantly to screens in thirteen integrated Operating Rooms – or shared with surgeons and students anywhere on campus. Medical students can see every detail of … Read more

Cima Nanotech is Insolvent

In a note sent to customers this week, Cima Nanotech declared that it is closing down as an insolvent company. The decision was taken voluntarily, CEO Jon Brodd wrote. Analyst Comment See my editorial in this issue for more comments on this story, which we will be following up to try to get more information. … Read more

tvONE PR: Ships award-winning ONErack

tvONE (www.tvone.com), a leading designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge video and multimedia processing equipment, has announced the shipment of their award-winning universal rack mounting solution with power and cooling that’s aimed at improving rack systems integration called ONErack. ONErack is a universal, powered mounting system that vastly improves rack installation of small devices. tvONE’s patent … Read more

Boston is USA’s First E Ink City

Visionect has supplied its E Ink screens in Boston – the first city in the USA to feature such an installation. Boston, nicknamed ‘America’s Walking City’, now boasts a 32″ electrophoretic display on City Hall Plaza, which can be used for wayfinding. It is solar powered and water resistant, and features a connection to the … Read more

PC Industry Rejects Its Salvation

Financial analyst and investment advisor Richard Windsor publishes a daily newsletter for his clients called Radio Free Mobile (www.radiofreemobile.com), which covers the mobile technology industry. In the June 6th number, he noted that the stands featuring PCs at this year’s Computex attracted very little interest, and that most commentators took this as additional evidence that … Read more

Harrison Shatters Some CES Illusions

Mark Harrison is MD of Digital Production Partnerships. He has covered CES as a journalist for many years, and shared his observations about the trends that have come, gone and are rising at the show. CES is undoubtedly the largest technology trade show in the world – twice the size of NAB. Attendance has now … Read more

Philips Boosts Colour in Panel

Philips 246E7QDAB LCD monitor

MMD has developed two new UltraColor monitor models under the Philips name. The 23.6″ 246E7QDAB and 27″ 276E7QDAB feature a wider colour gamut than conventional monitors: 120% sRGB and 85% of NTSC, compared to the standard 72%. Rather than colour-boosting software, MMD says that the UltraColor displays work through “chemistry in the panel”. We suspect … Read more

Steljes Creditors Unlikely to Get Their Money

Distributor Steljes went bust (Steljes Goes Under) owing more than £6.7 million ($8.8 million) to unsecured creditors, according to a statement at the UK’s Companies House. Around 120 of these were trade creditors with debts of £6.1 million ($8 million). The largest, Smart Technologies, was owned more than £2.9 million ($3.8 million). BenQ (£1.2 million … Read more