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LA Schools Ask Apple for Multi-Million Dollar Refund

It’s a bad time for iPads in education. First, schools began to favour Chromebooks over the expensive tablets – and now the Los Angeles Unified School District has asked Apple for a multi-million dollar refund. The LAUSD has told Apple that it will not accept continued deliveries and would seek the refund after it transpired … Read more

Acer Eases Projector Set-Up

Acer’s H6517ST short-throw DLP projector is designed to make projection a matter of plug and play. It features Acer’s SmartFormat, which supports all wide-format PC signals. A PC can simply be connected and the projector will show images, without needing to change the PC’s resolution. Instant resume can be used to turn the projector back … Read more

IoT Drives WiFi Device Growth

Around 2.3 billion WiFi-connected devices were shipped worldwide last year, says Taiwan’s MIC, driven by smartphone and Internet of Things (IoT) demand. The figure was an 18% YoY rise. All sectors of the computing industry are considering the possibility of adding new IoT modules and solutions to their products, says MIC’s Remus Hsu. Based on … Read more

TSMC Cuts Capex by $1 Billion

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) says it is reducing its capital expenditure budget this year by $1 billion to $11 billion, because of disappointing demand for smartphone chips this quarter. Last week Intel also revised down its capex plans by $1.3 billion to $8.7 billion. TSMC’s co-CEO, Mark Liu said that despite a “challenging” environment, the … Read more

Apple Watch Touch Marked for Use on iPhone 6S

The next iPhone will use the same Force Touch technology as is featured on the Apple Watch, say Taiwanese panel makers. The sources say that Apple is experimenting with the placement of the sensor, which will be supplied by TPK and GIS. It will either be between the outermost protective screen cover and the in-cell … Read more

FDA Does Not Adopt Recommendations on Laser Projection

In a setback for the laser projection industry, the FDA has not taken the advice of industry experts and has issued a tentative ruling that many view does not go far enough in removing roadblocks for the smooth roll-out of laser-based projection solutions. On February 18, 2015 it published new guidance on laser illuminated projectors. … Read more

Fraunhofer IIS Does Lightfield Movie Production Test

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At the Technology Summit for Cinema, Frederik Zilly of Fraunhofer IIS told a very interesting story about the making of their first movie using light field production techniques. Over the last couple of years, his team has developed the technology for light field capture and processing using a 4×4 array of cameras creating short stop … Read more