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The End of More Glass and Vacuum Technologies

I made reference in my talk at the Nuremberg conference to Paul Gray’s “end of glass, vacuum and metal” (GVM) technology and over the last couple of weeks, I have seen lots of stories that feed that idea. The first of these technologies to be (largely) replaced by transistors was the thermionic valve (or tube … Read more

Nanosys and QD Vision Clash Over Patents

Nanosys has brought the legal system to bear against QD Vision in the USA, for patent infringement. Nanosys’ lawsuit alleges that QD Vision’s products infringe upon its photoluminescent QD materials and related methods. The suit also claims that QD Vision’s ‘inferior copies’ threaten the quantum dot market, by creating confusion amongst customers and casting doubt … Read more

Tool Shown to Automate 3D Sound Production

Click to enlargeFairlight, the University of Salford and DTS have worked together to develop a new approach to assist sound engineers with live sports productions. The SALSA (Spatial Automated Live Sports Audio) tool is a real-time automated mixing process, which identifies the location of specific sound events from a grid of pitch microphones. The algorithm … Read more

Acer Combats Colour Decay

Acer’s new P-Series consists of four DLP projectors, three of which will go on sale in the UK. Designed for board rooms, the range can reach a 144Hz refresh rate when showing 24fps content. Each model (P6200, P6200S, P6500 and P6600) has an ambient light sensor and six-segment colour wheel. They also use Acer’s ColourSafe … Read more

Yonhap Puts Figure on Apple-Samsung Rumour

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Rumours continue to circulate of Samsung Display supplying AMOLED screens to Apple for the next iPhone. Yonhap News has now put a number on rumour. According to the source, SDC will supply 100 million 5.5″ AMOLED displays to Apple annually, for about $2.6 billion. Shipments will begin in 2017 and continue for at least three … Read more

Sharp Confirms Robotic Phone – Not a Joke

Sharp’s walking, talking ‘RoBoHoN’ smartphone (Sharp’s Phone Dances, Talks and Sings) will go on sale on the 26th May. Pre-orders are live now: the ‘phone’ costs ¥203,140 ($1,865) ex VAT, although there will also be a monthly charge of ¥980 ($9) to make use of the robot’s full features. Sharp will produce 5,000 units each … Read more