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Exceet Claims Inexpensive Gesture Recognition

Exceet Electronics GmbH claims to have developed a way to implement gesture control, without using cameras. The system is based on electronic field lines, and their modification through gestures. It can be installed in ‘low-cost’ devices of all types. Camera-based gesture control is relatively expensive and sensitive. It also generates and needs to process a … Read more

Advantech Claims Space Saving With Open-Frame

Advantech has introduced the IDS-3121W, a widescreen open frame monitor with five-wire resistive touch. The monitor can be installed in a cabinet with a custom face plate. A 20% space saving is claimed over competing models, as the two-piece metal frame is 48mm thick. Advantech says that similar models are usually more than 60mm thick. … Read more

Leak Shows ‘Bezel-Less’ Oppo Phone

Chinese manufacturer Oppo has – apparently – made the bezels on its upcoming smartphone thinner than any we have seen before. So much so that ‘seen’ is a bit of a misnomer! Various websites have published supposed leaked images of the phone. Images can be faked, of course – although GSM Arena’s discovery of an … Read more

China Manufacturing Slowdown as Woe’s Deepen

Source: HSBC China PMI Preliminary Report, Final numbers due April 1, 2015Preliminary numbers from the HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a popular industry composite index tool used to track China’s manufacturing might, is showing signs of a slowdown in the China manufacturing space. The group recently reported its index fell to an 11 … Read more

Major League Baseball Seeking Investors for Streaming Business

MLB TV

Major League Baseball (MLB) owns MLB Advanced Media, a media technology company that powers not only its own sports stream but also operations of other providers. So far MLB.TV offers MLB team and player information as well as streaming all spring training games to mobile devices. Regular season games are so far subject to regional … Read more

Fulldome and Giant Screen Projection

On February 25 through March 1, 2015, IMERSA held its 6th annual Summit in Denver Colorado. IMERSA’s tag line is “Advancing the art and technology of immersive digital experiences” and its mission is to advance and promote the art and science of large-scale digital immersive media, fulldome, and immersive group experiences in digital planetariums, mobile … Read more

Large Displays and the Education Market (1)

Mountables

Always serving as bellwethers of change in the education market, the three winter ed-tech conferences in the US (TIES [MN], FETC [FL], and TCEA [TX]) never disappoint. Three compelling trends emerged from these stout conferences, all highly visible on the exhibit hall floor. Trend 1. For the first time, interactive large displays outpaced the number … Read more

Of Continuous Liquid Processing (CLIP) and Modular Devices

Word has come to light of a new continuous liquid interface process (CLIP) for short, that allows 3D ‘printed’ objects to rise out of a kind of primordial (resin) stew – in whole, “grown” through this continuous process – rather than the additive 3D printing of virtual computer images, known now for a decade or … Read more

Vitec to Unveil World’s First Portable HEVC Encoder and IPTV Solutions at 2015 NAB Show

VITEC, a worldwide leading provider of powerful digital video solutions, will exhibit exciting new products and its professional-grade video technologies at the 2015 NAB Show, April 13-16 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visitors to VITEC’s booth SL6305 can also register for a chance to win a GoPro camera. The VITEC booth will feature live … Read more