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The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC 2016), held each year in Orlando, Florida. FETC tends to set the tone and previews what’s coming for educational technology in the U.S. Having spent considerable time crisscrossing the exhibit … Read more
Insight Media, a source of in-depth technical news and analysis for the display trade, has published several new white papers covering the ‘Better Pixels’ movement (registration required). The first white paper, ‘The Status of Wide Colour Gamut UHD TVs’, provides an overview of the wide colour gamut and high dynamic range ecosystems. It covers the … Read more
CES 2016 ended two weeks ago, and it was probably the most important event for the wearables industry of the year. My colleague Dan Rosenbaum, Editor of Wearable Tech Insider, and I logged a combined 70-plus miles (yes, we tracked it) through the exhibit halls and hotel meeting suites to spend time with executives from … Read more
Steve Zadesky, head of Apple’s electric car project, is leaving the company, according to The Wall Street Journal‘s sources. A person familiar with the matter said that Zadesky is leaving for personal, rather than performance-based, reasons. Zadesky has worked on both the iPod and iPhone, having been with Apple since 1999. He began work in … Read more
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a UK R&D institute, has shown off a flexible OLED lighting panel in a video. The panel was produced at the CPI’s own prototype line, which supports both vapour deposition and soluble OLED materials.
IDTechEx says that the market for printed and flexible electronics in automotive applications will grow from around $400 million this year, to more than $5.5 billion in 2026. There are many technologies in the market. Some, such as windscreen defoggers, will see minimal growth. Others, such as OLEDs and in-mould electronics, will drive the market. … Read more
Asian sources say that LG Display is raising its monthly capacity at LCD facilities. Capacity at its Guangzhou-based facilities will be raised from 90,000 substrates to 120,000 by the end of the year. Local media reports claim that the deal was signed before LCD oversupply became an issue for the firm.
Our CES 2016 reel which includes VESA, Cambrios, Pixelworks, Intel, Qualcomm and a look at some of the products shown by Samsung at CES 2016.
We interviewed Mårten Skogö of Swedish company Tobii, which is a leading company in eye tracking, about the integration of the company’s technology into a new MSI notebook. We also saw an application of eye tracking in the North Hall by Denso in a car.
iBoardTouch (iBT) was showing its full range of 65″ to 98″ interactive displays – the 75″ and 98″ UltraHD models having recently been released. Unusually, the company has a high end 70″ procap system that can support 32 touch points and is fitted with anti-glare etched cover glass and is called the CD70. The product … Read more
Hansol was a name we often featured back in the days when the company was in the mainstream monitor business, but withdrew from that market to focus on special displays for games machines etc. some years ago. It also developed its business for power supplies and backlights which it supplies to Samsung. At the show, … Read more
Dell was in the Intel area at the show with its new C7017T which is the company’s first 70″ LCD product (and looks like a version of the 70″ pre-production display that we spotted at Infocomm) and which will be available in Q2 (with prices still to be decided). Few details were available at this … Read more
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