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And Finally – Vol 23 No 01

Late last year, Jaguar pulled what some might call ‘a stunt preying on peoples’ expectations’, and others would refer to as ‘brilliant marketing’. Let’s just say that it involves virtual reality – but, then again, it also doesn’t. Confused? Watch the video below, or at http://tinyurl.com/zu5f4ys.

Boldman Mounts LED Screen on Listed Building

Aluminium construction company, Boldman, is seeing increasing adoption of its frames for large-scale LED screens. Work was recently completed on a 13.9m x 7.8m x 0.6m framework for a screen (10mm pixel pitch, 6,000 cd/m²) in Manchester, UK. It was manufactured using an Oblik spaceframe structure framework, built from 156 individually-fabricated aluminium sections. It is … Read more

Innovation Betters the World at CES 2016

CES® 2016 wrapped today as the most expansive CES, breaking records across the board and providing unparalleled opportunities for companies big and small to launch innovation to the world market. More than 3,800 exhibitors unveiled their latest technologies across more than 2.47 million net square feet of exhibit space this week. CES 2016 touched every … Read more

Innovation (And Everything Else) Grows at CES

The Consumer Electronics Show again managed to grow in 2016, becoming the largest edition of the event ever. More than 3,800 companies attended as exhibitors, across more than 229,000m² of space. In excess of 170,000 professionals attended the show, of which 50,000 came from outside the USA – including the first Cuban delegation. 6,000 members … Read more

Innolux Sees 15% Decline in 2015

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Innolux’s sales grew by 3.8$ to NT$26.4 billion ($792m) in December, but were still down 30.8% on the year ago period. 10.21 million large panels were shipped, 5.8% up on November, while small and medium panels hit 24.01 million. For the quarter, revenues were down 29.1% year on year at NT$81.5 billion ($$2.43 billion) and … Read more

SiTune Releases Tuner for 8K Broadcasts

SiTune Corporation of San Jose has said that it has developed the STN6528, the first tuner capable of supporting the new Advanced Wide Band Digital Satellite Broadcasting Standard (ARIB STD-B44) for broadcasting 8K digital television (TV) via satellite. STN6528 availability is targeted to support NHK’s initial test broadcasts of 8K Super Hi-Vision (SHV) content in … Read more

The Screen-time Debate Rages into 2016

Consider for a moment these recently occurring episodes in a number of K12 schools: A Massachusetts educator notes that when their entire school community was surveyed last spring, the top concern of parents, teachers, and students related to technology use was screen time. “Many of these concerns are based on warnings from experts we trust,” … Read more