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Fraport AG, the operator of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, has installed multiple interactive airport desks based on Pyramid’s Polytouch product. The desks deliver real-time flight information and directions. Currently the desks, each using a 46″ display, are being trialled. When this is complete, an unspecified (but confirmed to be double-digit) number will be installed throughout … Read more
Audio brand Waves is using Intel’s Realsense technology to enable positional audio – with headphones. The Waves Nx product runs on PCs, laptops and other devices and is said to bring the same quality of depth, reflections and panoramic imaging to headphones as normally heard on speakers. An Intel Realsense SR300 camera trackers the user’s … Read more
DS Broadcast is using Semtech’s portfolio of 12G-SDI solutions in its BGE9000 UltraHD TV broadcast encoder. The encoder is currently being used in UltraHD broadcast trials in South Korea.
Vaio has left the talks revolving around a merger of its PC unit with that of Fujitsu and Toshiba (New Toshiba Plan May Include PC Sale), according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. The discussions now risk collapsing, and the companies may need to find a way to survive separately. Japan Industrial Partners, … Read more
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
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