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bTV Replaces Mercury Lamp Cubes With Mitsubishi’s LED Models

Mitsubishi’s LED projection cubes have replaced six mercury lamp-based cubes in Bulgarian Television’s (bTV) news studio. Rear-lit DLP cubes have been used on the This Morning set since 2006; the new LED models will reduce running costs. They were installed by local integrator Universal K.

Croatia Agrees DVB-T2 Switch

Pay-TV viewers in Croatia should be prepared to upgrade their equipment again, in order to continue receiving terrestrial TV. The country is planning to move to the DVB-T2 platform by 2020, to re-distribute part of its spectrum for mobile services. Network operator OiV has estimated that 1.2 million people will need to purchase a new … Read more

The Phone Changed our Lives, Now the Phone Market is Changing Itself

The good old phone changed our lives and our environment for good after its invention in the 1870s. Depending on on your perspective, different people can be credited with the invention, however, phones changed how our society functions. For example, what would have happened during the cold war if the presidents needed to exchange red … Read more

Large Format Displays Take Aim at New Application

The US National Basketball Association’s All-Star Game at New York’s Madison Square Garden and associated events held Feb. 13-15, 2015 provided a venue for a notable large format display application. In conjunction with Nike’s Jordan brand, creative agency AKQA and video-production company Stardust developed and installed a very large format interactive display application across the … Read more

Epson Partners with Mercedes AMG Patronas Formula One Team

Epson Mercedes

Epson and the Mercedes AMG Patronas Formula One team have announced a new partnership that will give Epson a marketing option on the Mercedes formula one cars for the 2015 season. In return, Mercedes gains access to Epsons’s product areas of inkjet printers, scanners, 3LCD projectors and wearables, including smartglasses and health/sports sensing products. Mercedes … Read more

3D @ TCEA

Austin Airport

The US EdTech conference season kicks off each year with strong events in Florida and Texas. So I found myself at the TCEA 2015 conference in Austin (early February), once again trend hunting from an educator’s perspective. Besides presenting at the huge TCEA conference, I also spent considerable time traversing the exhibit halls. Since this … Read more

Renesas MCU for Auto Instrument Clusters Has HUD Warp

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Renesas Electronics has announced a new set of microcontrollers (MCU) aimed at the automotive market. The new controllers are based on a 32 bit processor unit including memory ranging from 2 MB to 5 MB depending on the MCU model. There is a range of models to accommodate different levels of performances, however there are … Read more