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Click to enlargeGoogle’s glucose-monitoring contact lens was a prototype a year ago (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4), but was presented as a named product at the opening of the Design Automation Conference this month. Now known as the Google Smart Lens, it is a non-invasive smart glucose monitor in a disposable contact lens. RFID … Read more
At InfoComm 2015, global visualization leader Barco will demonstrate how its industry-leading solutions deliver dynamic, visual spectaculars and real-time collaboration to drive business success. Emphasizing technologies built for high impact and low total cost of ownership, Barco’s best-in-class projection and image processing, wireless collaboration, LED video wall, video wall and enterprise networking solutions empower companies … Read more
ViewSonic’s three new LightStream DLP projectors feature a newly-designed colour wheel, providing accurate brightness and colour in ‘just about any’ lighting condition. Each of the new products – PJD7825HD, PJD7830HDL and PJD7835HD – have 1920 x 1080 resolution and ViewSonic’s ‘PortAll’ design, which hides ports and cables. MHL-HDMI, RGB, composite, USB and mini-USB ports are … Read more
Optoma Technology, Inc., the award-winning developer of projection technology, will showcase a variety of innovative projection solutions at InfoComm 2015. InfoComm is the largest and most comprehensive trade show in the ProAV industry for audiovisual communications, featuring the latest technologies for video, audio, display, projection, lighting and staging, digital signage, and much more. Optoma has … Read more
BenQ has signed AV Distribution in Switzerland to distribute its products in the region.
Panasonic and NTT are working together to develop ‘next-generational’ information systems – including the handling of 3D broadcast for sporting events. Panasonic’s shooting and 3D video processing technologies will be combined with NTT’s high-speed communications, to – for instance – enable public 3D viewing of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A service that can be used … Read more
Orders in the German electrical industry rose 5.8% YoY in Q2, according to trade association ZVEI. Domestic orders were up 2.7% and orders from abroad rose 7.1%. Customers from Europe increased their orders to Germany by 5.9%, while those from outside Europe ordered 7.8% more than a year ago. Industry sales throughout Q2 were 56.7 … Read more
Chinese website HellomotoHK has posted images that it claims are of the frame of the upcoming Moto X (2015) smartphone, from Motorola. Previous rumours had claimed that the phone would have a fingerprint sensor, but this is missing from the source’s images.
There are unconfirmed reports that Intel is planning a major reorganisation which could see jobs cut across the company. A US newspaper claims to have seen an internal Intel document which told employees that the company needs to reduce its overall spending in the second half of the year. Intel said it wants to keep … Read more
Click to enlargeAn image shared by Samsung on Twitter hints at a round smartwatch. The image, from the Samsung Exynos Twitter account, shows a circular heart-rate graphic. It was accompanied by the words, ‘Using your heart rate, your Exynos-powered wearable can deliver accurate training information to help you improve’. Both the Gear 2 and Gear … Read more
There will be delays in polariser mass-production due to safety inspections and safety measure implementation, Chimei Materials has said. The company was planning for its new facilities, in Kunshan, China, to begin production in Q4. However, the inspections will delay mass production until 2017, it was said.
Supply chain sources say that, due to bottlenecks with in-cell touch production, Apple may return to glass-on-glass touch. Touch panel makers are trying to create GoG panels that would enable future iPhones to be as thin as today’s models using in-cell touch, said the sources. TPK believes that it can reduce the current touch panel … Read more
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