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Signage Sentiment Rises in Western and Eastern Europe

OVAB Europe continues to release results from its Digital Signage Business Climate Index for the May/June period. The DBCI tracks sentiment in the digital signage industries in several European markets. Sentiment rose again in the Spain/Portugal market, up 1.1 points to 57.7 – reflecting the ‘very positive’ current business on the Iberian Peninsula. All of … Read more

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 26

Ever felt that your flagship smartphone just wasn’t powerful enough? Do you crave more cores, to the detriment of every other spec? Take a lesson from Intel’s lead engineer, François Piednoel. At a benchmarking session at Computex, he turned over an Asus Zenfone to reveal…a 61-core Xeon server processor, strapped to the back. Yes folks … Read more

ITRI and Orbotech Sign Flexible Display Agreement

Orbotech of Israel signed a co-operation agreement with Taiwan’s ITRI, to develop solutions for the production of flexible displays. As part of the agreement, ITRI will use Orbotech’s inspection technology to identify production bottlenecks in flexible AMOLED processes. Janglin Chen, VP and general director of ITRI’s display technology centre, said, “We are confident that AMOLED … Read more

Prism Sees Use in E Ink Sculpture

An interactive sculpture was constructed in Chicago for the SEGD Nexpo (4th – 6th June), using E Ink’s Prism colour-changing product (E-Ink Shows Prism Displays for Architectural Applications). ‘eFlow’ was built by Ueberall International, with 52 4.8m-long strips of Prism, in the shape of a band of fibres.

Technicolor Gives a Glimpse of the Future

Technicolor HDR 2

Technicolor held its yearly science and research event in Jersey City, NJ. Technicolor, the technology company which focuses on the creation, distribution and storage of image related content, has about $3.5 billion in sales. About €500 million comes from licensing, with €1.6 billion coming from services for studios and content creators and €1.4 billion generated … Read more

Continental Announces Haptic Display System for Automotive Applications

Continental has released the Haptic Feedback Display for use in automotive applications. This display combines full touch capability with haptic feedback for the first time, the company claims in its latest press release. This solution differs from other haptic solutions in that it uses a mechanical force to move the complete display module once a … Read more

Sharp Introduces New Line Of Commercial AQUOS™ LED Smart TVs

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of American (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), today announces its first series of AQUOS LED smart TVs specifically designed for B2B and commercial applications are now shipping and available for order. The series includes monitors in three sizes: a 60″ Class (60.1″ diagonal) LC-60LE661U, a 70″ Class … Read more

Hisense Launches First Curved Quantum Dot TV with QD Vision’s Color IQ™ Technology

At SID Display Week, Hisense and QD Vision jointly launched a 55” curved quantum dot TV. The new K7100 integrates the ULED fine lighting technology and VIDAA3 intelligent operation system from Hisense, and Color IQ™ optics from QD Vision. The highly anticipated new product delivers top image quality and intelligent control, and will be available … Read more