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15,000 OLED lighting panels from Konica Minolta have been used in a Japanese tulip festival, with three panels embedded in each of the 5,000 flowers. The panels were produced on Konica’s new roll-to-roll OLED fab. A video is available at http://tinyurl.com/p8wo9um.
Ingram Micro Mobility in France has added Acer smartphones to its portfolio. The distributor already offers Acer tablets.
Tech Data in Switzerland is now offering Dell products through its broadline and value business, TD Azlan. Tech Data is the fourth Dell distributor in Switzerland, after Alltron, Avnet and Ingram Micro.
Hannspree has signed eD’system as distributor for its complete range of products in the Czech Republic. The company will offer Hannspree’s monitors, touchscreens, tablets and PCs.
Valve, the company behind the Steam gaming platform, is developing its own virtual reality product. The company has said that it will show the ‘SteamVR Hardware’ at the Games Developer Conference, which runs between 2nd and 6th March. Analyst Comment If Valve really does intend to launch its own virtual reality headset, then we foresee … Read more
Continuing its rapid notebook release schedule, Toshiba’s newest model is the Satellite P50-B-11M: a 15.6″ model that functions as a desktop replacement. An Intel Core i7-4720HQ (Haswell) processor runs 64-bit Windows 8.1, while graphics are provided by AMD’s R9 M265X GPU. A 1TB HDD provides storage, with an 8GB of SSHD and 16GB of RAM. … Read more
Panasonic has acquired TS Sports, a Dallas-based electronic video board systems integrator which specialises in LED display technology solutions. TS Sports’ in-house LED video display fabrication facilities and network of regionally-based technicians will be integrated into the audio-visual business operations of Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company. Financial details were not disclosed.
The NEC European Roadshow is due to start on 4th March. Lasting until 7th May, the show will visit locations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, showcasing NEC’s newest products to its partners.
The Mediapad T1 8.0 is a new 8″ tablet from Huawei, apparently covering more than 90% of Adobe RGB. It has an IPS panel with 1280 x 800 resolution, 178 deg viewing angles and an 800:1 contrast ratio. Brightness is 300 cd/m². Huawei is proud of the ‘floating video’ feature on its new device. Effectively, … Read more
XL Video supplied a bespoke LED screen and camera IMAG package for a recent concert by Alt-J at the O2 Arena in London. 170 tiles of Pixled’s 12mm-pitch F12 LED were used, with 154 of XL’s own touring frames, to create horizontal strips across the stage. The LEDs showed a combination of graphic content and … Read more
Ross Ashton, a large-format projection artist, has worked with The Projection Studio to create new artwork for the 2014 e-Luminate Festival in Cambridge. The front of Old School and Senate House were lit, using four PT-DZ21K projectors from Panasonic.
Sony showed a concept projector that could also function as a lightbulb at IFA 2014 (Sony is Committed to ‘Kando’), and now a similar product has appeared on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/nlhmp46). The Beam, which has already more than doubled its funding target, will be shipped in the autumn. It is a bulb-like projector that can screw … Read more
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