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Paul Gray at the 2015 IFA Global Press ConferenceThe IFA Global Press Conference is a pre-cursor to the main event in Berlin in September. This year it was held in Hong Kong and Shenzen, China, in mid-April. At the event, Paul Gray of IHS said that LG Display and Samsung Display will turn their attention … Read more
Scientists have replicated the patterns of a firefly’s wing to create a more efficient OLED light. Fireflies emit the most bio-luminescent light of any creature – largely due to the optical properties of the light-emitting cuticle, which is patterned with small hierarchical structures, Man-made lights, by contrast, are smooth. Led by Ki-Hun Jeong at the … Read more
Modernisation work is ongoing at Geneva Airport, with Swiss Neo Advertising SA announcing that five 84″ UltraHD displays have now been installed. These represent the first step in the move from Full HD to UltraHD in the airport. More are to be installed before the end of summer 2016, with 60 to eventually be in … Read more
Sources in Asia say that Toshiba is to sell its notebook factory in Hangzhou (eastern China). The company has apparently inquired about interest from several Taiwanese ODMs. These firms are unlikely to be interested solely in the factory, but may purchase it if Toshiba bundles it with other businesses, such as IoT and industrial computing.
Intel reported Q1 2016 net profit of $2.0 billion, up 3% YoY. Turnover was $13.7 billion, up 7% YoY from $12.8 billion. Each business segment with the exception of non-volatile memory was up YoY, led by Internet of Things Group revenue, which was up 22% YoY.
Intel is continuing its move away from a focus on the struggling PC market to concentrate on the internet of things and wearables – but, in the process, has announced that it is cutting 12,000 employees. The reorganisation was announced on the 19th April, and the job losses are equal to about 11% of the … Read more
Perhaps the hottest topic and biggest buzz at the Future of Cinema Conference and then at NAB was the debut of the Lytro Cinema Camera. Although we reported on this last week with some more technical details (see http://tinyurl.com/h4r73ap), the first article was written before we had a chance to see the system. The camera … Read more
V-Nova Ltd., a leading provider of video compression solutions, today announced the deployment of its innovative V-Nova PERSEUS™ video compression on Sky’s IPTV platform in Italy. The move will enable Sky in Italy to expand significantly the reach of its full HD offering over the existing IP infrastructure. V-Nova’s award-winning video compression solution is being … Read more
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “The Global Market for Nanomaterials in Flexible Screens, Transparent Conductive Films, Printable Electronics and Displays” report to their offering. The market is expected to be worth over $10 billion at the components level by 2030. As well as enabling novel approaches to display designs, nanomaterials are … Read more
The 3-Chip DLPTM SOLID SHINE series, which has been designed specifically for large venue applications, is the brightest projector Panasonic has ever launched, and offers continuous maintenance-free operation, low total cost of ownership, a small cabinet and stunning picture quality. Lang supports many of Europe’s leading projection mapping events, including the Bucharest iMapp Festival and … Read more
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has decided to test NTT Electronics’ HEVC encoder and decoder for live content transmission throughout the 2016 motor sports season. The brand new HC11000E encoder and HC11000D decoder from NTT Electronics which uses the Cutting Edge HEVC technology will be one of the key transmission products adopted for several events … Read more
The CH100 is a portable 1DLP LED projector, designed for business presentations – emphasising reliability and colour fidelity. sRGB replication is absolutely accurate, says BenQ – good enough that the projector features sRGB certification. Five presentation modes are built in: graphic, motion graphics, vivid, lectures and cinema. 10-bit colour can be displayed. Due to the … Read more
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