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Promethean World has had an eventful year, having been acquired by NetDragon of China in the Autumn and with technology and product developments, too, during the year since we last met at BETT (Takeover at Promethean Now Done). We met with Ian Curtis, who looks after most of Europe (except the East), Africa and Australasia … Read more
Albion supplies Apple solutions to the UK education market, as well as training. We asked about the competition from Google’s Chromebooks – which are significantly cheaper – and were told that Apple’s iPads etc are still popular because “they just work”. User-friendliness is a big plus! “A return to education” was being celebrated by Asus. … Read more
Sahara was at the show with its CleverTouch IMDs which have been so successful in the UK market. There are new bezels and upgrades to the core systems to allow the latest Android version to be operated. We asked if the company had found the market tough recently, but we heard that it has had … Read more
It was hard to miss the big LED sign for “VividTouch” that was around the entrance to BETT. The first surprise came, really, when we got to the booth and found it populated by staff from UK educational technology distributor, Steljes. Steljes, as some of you will know, has been the pioneer of IWBs and … Read more
Panasonic Brazil installed the first digital signage system called Digital Media Center consisting of 220 sets of Viera TV and signage server in the country at Arena da Baixada, giving fans full visibility of what happens on the field. The stadium hosted some of the games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [Flash Video] Digital … Read more
The GSMA today provided further updates on the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress, including new keynote speakers, events and partner programmes. Mobile World Congress will be held 22-25 February 2016 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, with events also taking place at Fira Montjuïc. “We’re just a month away from Mobile World Congress and our … Read more
Kopin Corporation today announced that the Company has received $15 million from IQE PLC, a leading UK-based designer and supplier of advanced semiconductor wafers, as the final payment from the sale of its III-V Product line. Under the terms of the sale, which was completed in January, 2013, Kopin sold its advanced integrated circuit business … Read more
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that some species of giant clams produce their white coloration much like the displays used in televisions and smartphones do – by combining red, green and blue light. The new findings, published in The Optical Society’s high impact journalOptica, could help improve solar cell efficiency … Read more
NEC Display Solutions Europe today celebrates a milestone for digital cinema projectors, with New Lineo cinemas in Israel installing NEC’s 10,000th projector. The milestone marks the evolution of NEC’s cinema-wide portfolio, which enables cinemas to remain at the cutting edge of cinema screen projection technology, whilst ensuring good total cost of ownership (TCO), and to … Read more
We’ve finally got to the end of our CES report. It highlights how much of CES is being taken over by the automotive field and how much concentration there was on AR and VR. This week, the finalising of the report was interrupted by the annual BETT education technology show in London. There was lots … Read more
Barco Silex has validated its new hardware solution IP core against the SMPTE 2042-3 reference. The core is now ready for integrated in ASIC and FPGA designs and can be used to transport UltraHD video. Barco’s solution uses the VC-2 Low Delay codec. The codec compresses video 4:1, which is described as visually lossless). It … Read more
Barco Silex, leading provider of IP cores for the audiovisual industry, has validated its hardware solution for lightweight, low-complexity video compression against the SMPTE 2042-3 reference. The low-footprint core is now ready to be integrated in both ASIC and FPGA designs without need for expensive footprint. This opens up new possibilities for equipment manufacturers as … Read more
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