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In a private suite, Sim 2 showed its newest projector model, the Supercube. The lamp-based projector which uses a single chip 0.65” DLP engine produces 3,000 ANSI lumens and has been available since November 2015. This new model retails for $5,000 and is a piece of art more than a typical projector. The outer box … Read more
The big news at CES from Texas Instruments was a new 4K / UHD chip that provides higher resolution in a much smaller package. Instead of the existing 1.4” 4K Cinema chip, the new 4K / UHD chip has a diagonal of only 0.67”. The smaller size will allow for a much lower price as … Read more
The Lumiere Festival, which ran in London for the first time this year, suffered from overcrowding and some installations had to be turned off. The ‘festival of lights’, with installations from more than 30 artists, was free to attend and ran over two days. Organisers asked people to attend on Sunday the 17th, rather than … Read more
During CES 2016, I had a chance to discuss the Novasentis haptic feedback solution in more detail with the company. In October of 2014, Novasentis announced its polymer based solution and it was time to see how far they have come since. There is no change to the core technology that is still based on … Read more
Tianma had a suite in the Westgate to talk to potential clients for its small/medium displays. First, we had a look at the 4.9″ and 5.5″ FullHD OLED displays that the company can make in its own Xiamen factory and that it showed at SID. Several of the other products, including a circular 1.3″ display, … Read more
We went along to the launch of a new “projection wearable” by Chinese company, ASU. The company made the launch alongside representatives from ST, Qualcomm, Foxconn and Amazon – an impressive lineup for a start-up. The firm has developed a smartwatch that has an integrated pico-projector engine from ST. It is made by Foxconn and … Read more
Cambrios, which makes silver nanowire materials for procap touch and other applications, was in the Westgate hotel. The company has found a segment of the market, All-in-one (AIO) PCs, that need the performance of its ITO replacement material. It has had design wins with Lenovo, MSI, Acer and LG and has recently added HP as … Read more
We have had a couple of interesting news announcements from Osram in recent weeks. The first was a new LED that was announced a couple of weeks ago that puts a red phosphor layer and a QD-based layer to produce green into a white LED for the first time. The company has kept its cards … Read more
Companies including Samsung, HP and Asus have produced Chromebox productsScala has introduced a new player for digital signage devices that run Google Chrome, such as Chromebox products. As part of the work, Scala has joined the Google for Work Partner Programme. The player can run 24/7 and uses Scala’s content management system (CMS) platform; this … Read more
We’ve had a number of “balls in the air” this week as we have been pressing on with our CES report while trying to catch up on the news for the last couple of weeks and plan for BETT and ISE. The CES report will be finalised by next week, but we are about to … Read more
BenQ, the internationally acclaimed innovator of digital signage and projection technology, today announced the advanced solutions to be unveiled at ISE 2016. BenQ will be exhibiting for the seventh consecutive year from February 9th to 12th at ISE Booth 4-U24 in Hall 4. In addition to hardware, BenQ will utilize ISE as a launchpad to … Read more
NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading technology provider for advanced IT, communications and networking solutions, today announced that it will feature new retail solutions that integrate a wide range of NEC technology, including point of sale (POS), biometrics, digital signage and analytics, during the National Retail Federation’s Big Show, Jan. 17-20, 2016, at New … Read more
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