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KYOCERA Named a 2015 Top 100 Global Innovator by Thomson Reuters

Kyocera Corporation announced that it was recognized as one of the 2015 Top 100 Global Innovators by Thomson Reuters, a worldwide provider of intelligent information for business enterprises and professionals, for the second consecutive year. Kyocera was highly recognized for its patent success rate and global reach; a trophy was presented at the company’s headquarters … Read more

Mitsubishi Electric Develops “Aerial Display” that Projects Large Images Midair

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed an “aerial display” that projects images measuring approximately 56 inches diagonally (886mm wide and 1,120mm high) into midair. This display will have a wide range of potential applications, and Mitsubishi Electric will proceed with development with the aim of seeing the technology commercially available from 2020 onward in digital signage, … Read more

Apple Refuses to Compromise Security

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Apple has refused a request by the FBI, made following the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino in December, to modify iOS and published an open letter explaining its reasoning. The company writes that it was asked to create a new version of iOS, to be installed on an iPhone recovered during the investigation. This software … Read more

Vestel Closes Video Wall Gap

Vestel had a new line of video wall displays called the VDW Series. These can be operated in portrait or landscape and are available in 47″ and 55″ sizes – both with 1920 x 1080 resolution. They have a 3.8mm pixel-to-pixel distance and either 500 or 700 cd/m² of brightness. Both display sizes can be … Read more

Toshiba Banks on B2B

Toshiba has been developing its signage business. Although Toshiba’s PC and consumer businesses have been under pressure for the last couple of years, the B2B business is the focus for the future and the team at ISE is positive about the future of its LFD operation. It now has 200 resellers and plans to increase … Read more

Infinitus is Positive About Europe

Infinitus is a DOOH firm from Slovenia, whom we have covered several times before; the company produces the popular iMotion Flow LFD range, and was demonstrating interesting products at ISE. Record sales were achieved in 2015, and Infinitus is positive about the European DOOH market going forward. The company is currently rolling out a series … Read more

Tech Source Becomes Eizo Rugged Solutions

Eizo group company Tech Source, a US-based unit specialising in ruggedised graphics and video products, is changing its name. From the 1st April, the firm will be known as Eizo Rugged Solutions Inc. Eizo believes that the change reflects its commitment to driving new business in the global rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) market. (Eizo bought Tech … Read more

Flexible AMOLED Production is Rising

Display makers are expanding flexible AMOLED production capacity, to deal with rising demand – largely spurred by the growing popularity of Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge and the Apple Watch. IHS says that such displays had a 2% share of the AMOLED market in 2014, but 20% last year – 57 million units. Rigid panel shipments, … Read more

ISE Sets New Record – and Beats It!

ISE 2016 ran from the 9th – 12th February in Amsterdam’s RAI exhibition centre: the first four-day show in in the event’s history. Although we heard differing reasons for the change (too much to see, health risk, Amsterdam becoming overcrowded…), we can say that it was definitely a positive one. Registered attendees rose 10.7% YoY, … Read more

Toshiba Uses VR to Ease MRI Anxiety

Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba Medical Systems are showcasing a virtual reality solution for the use in MRI machines. Most MRI systems include a narrow tunnel where the user’s head goes leading to anxiety in some patients. The new system adds a projection system to the MRI system and uses a projection screen in conjunction with … Read more

Aptovision Developing Plethora 10Gb End-Point Chip

We have reported on Aptovision and its BlueRiver video over IP technology nine times since last year’s ISE show (in brief, if you’ve missed it, the technology uses proprietary technology to deliver video from HDMI sources over ethernet in a low-latency, uncompressed mode to allow the use of relatively low cost 10Gb ethernet switches, rather … Read more