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FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible electronics, has announced its participation in the Graphene Flagship, the EU’s biggest ever initiative in the field of graphene and related materials. FlexEnable has a track record of groundbreaking graphene innovation and industrialisation. Last year the company successfully demonstrated a truly flexible display based on … Read more
FlexEnable, a spin-off from Plastic Logic (Plastic Logic Divides into Two Companies), is now participating in the Graphene Flagship initiative (http://tinyurl.com/oo5gj7f). The Graphene Flagship is a research programme with a €1 billion budget, aiming to take graphene from laboratories into European society within 10 years. It was launched in 2013 and will move into the … Read more
Dell’s Vostro notebook line, for mobile and home workers, now has new 14″ and 15″ models with multiple features designed for productivity. The Vostro 14 3000 and 15 3000 are less than 25mm thick, with a textured cover protecting them from scratches. Using Intel Core processors, up to Core i5, the notebooks will last for … Read more
Arri is developing a camera with Imax, it announced at the show. The new camera will be based on the popular 6k Alexa 65 camera, which will be used to film the third instalment of Marvel’s Captain America franchise. Post-processing will then convert the film for an Imax release. In the meantime, the companies will … Read more
In the three months ending in February 2015, smartphones had penetrated almost 77% of the US market, according to Comscore – up 5% on the September – November 2014 period. The result represented 186.3 million smartphone owners. Apple led the market, with a 41.7% share, and Samsung followed at 28.6%; all other vendors had single-digit … Read more
A report on video-on-demand has been published by the European Commission. ‘The development of the European market for on-demand audiovisual services’ was prepared by the European Audiovisual Observatory. It presents statistics for European VoD in 2014, as well as covering five different sections as they relate to the sector: online advertising; developments in the SVOD … Read more
A UK company called Spectral Edge has announced an HDMI adapter for colour blind TV viewers, called the Eye2TV. The device is meant to make it easier to distinguish between red and green, as well as defining on-screen objects more clearly. A campaign is running on Kickstarter to fund the adapter (http://tinyurl.com/nt9fpqf), with the goal … Read more
Tobii has added two improvements to its Pro Glasses 2 wearable (Tobii Brings Eye-Tracking to Glasses): 50Hz sampling and MEMS components. Tobii has combined the headset’s slippage compensation technology with a 50Hz sampling rate for each of the four eye cameras. The intent is to enable more accurate and valid data collection. Additionally a MEMS … Read more
PSCo has been appointed as exclusive UK distributor for VuWall Technology. VuWall Technology develops collaborative visualisation software for video wall controllers.
ZDnet Korea reports that Samsung is developing two new Tizen smartphones. The Z2, for developing markets such as India, is said to have 960 x 540 resolution (screen size was not listed, but will probably be the same 4″ as the Z1), 2,000mAh battery, quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM. The other device will be … Read more
A new autostereoscopic (glasses-free) 3D display system is being developed at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, aiming to overcome the drawbacks of existing AS3D displays. Glasses-free 3D today, using lenticular lenses, optical gratings or micro-lens arrays, suffer from a loss of image depth, low image resolution or shallow viewing angles. The new system uses what developer Hongen … Read more
Sharp has moved to deny the latest rumour concerning its future, that the loss-making company is about to sign a $1.7 billion rescue and restructuring plan with its main lenders, Mizuho Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. According to a Nikkei report, the banks will jointly invest the $1.7 billion in a debt-for-equity swap, while … Read more
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