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Blu, a high-concept ‘wearable smartphone’ – which would literally curve around the wrist, and uses a 5.3″ flexible OLED display – was due to have its first products shipping in May. This seemed very ambitious for such a unique device, and Kickstarter, where the project was being funded, apparently agrees – funding was suspended last … Read more
Silver nanowires are one option to replace ITO as a conductive material in displays – they are lower-cost and flexible – but research has been limited due to a lack of understanding about their mechanical properties. Horacio Espinosa is a researcher at Northwestern University in the USA, and has led an examination into nanowires’ behaviour. … Read more
Barco has again supplied display equipment to China Central Television’s Spring Festival Galaxy. The show, which was broadcast on 19th February (the eve of Chinese New Year), used eight HDF-W26 projectors. It was Barco’s 11th Gala.
US/Taiwan-based Light Polymers has developed a lyotropic liquid crystal material (CR006) that can be coated on substrates, or directly onto OLED panel glass, to improve the contrast and readability of OLED displays. The reflective transistors driving OLED displays can cause lower contrast in bright environments. Traditionally, a linear polariser and quarter-wave plate are added on … Read more
A new super-thin product has been added to Canatu’s range of transparent, conductive carbon nanobud films. The device is just 23µm thick, and targets thin devices and flexible applications. Canatu claims that it has less than 0.2% haze. The film is more than 50% thinner than Canatu’s other products, enabling one-layer touch at 23µm and … Read more
Testing and certification services are now available for new products using the HDBaseT 2.0 standard. The services conform to the Compliance Test Specification that was recently made available to HDBaseT Alliance members (HDBaseT Alliance Announces Availability of Compliance Testing for Spec 2.0 of HDBaseT Standard).
PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in February. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Optoma’s EH501 held on to the top spot in the large venue category. Epson had the second- and third-best-selling models, again: the Powerlite Pro G6750Wu and Powerlite 1940W. … Read more
Exertis is to donate eight of Dell’s Venue 11 7130 tablets to the TechAid programme in Ghana. The tablets will be used for childrens’ education. The company is also helping to raise money to build a school in Ghana. A £50,000 ($74,000) donation, announced last year, will be completed in September.
Entatech in the UK is to be the first distributor for Hannspree’s first wearable device, the Smart Sports Watch.
Eyevis has appointed Max Hedayat to the newly created role of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). Hedayat joins Eyevis from Sweden-based EC Electronics where he most recently served as CEO of the company’s subsidiary in Frankfurt.
OVAB Europe has released its digital signage market survey for the Benelux region over the March/April period. OVAB tracks these results with its Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI). The DBCI rose to the highest level since the survey began, from 67.39 (in January/February) to 71.43 base points. The share of companies describing their current … Read more
Hisense has confirmed the appointment of Andreas Kretz as the company’s new VP of Hisense Europe and head of European R&D for smart TVs, tablets and smartphones. Prior to joining Hisense in February, Kretz worked for Jamdeo, a joint venture company between Hisense and Flextronics.
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