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Wearables Are “Embarrassing”, Say Brits

A study by mobile app developer Apadmi has found that more than a third (35%) of British people think that wearable products are too embarrassing to wear. 34% think it makes wearers look like show-offs, and 32% think it makes them look ridiculous. 17% said that it makes wearers look unattractive. It wasn’t all bad, … Read more

Pixelworks to Demonstrate Latest Mobile Display Enhancement Technology at Mobile World Congress

Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW), an innovative provider of video display processing technology, today announced that it would demonstrate its True Clarity enhancements for mobile displays at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, March 2nd to the 5th. These new enhancements are the result of Pixelworks’ advanced mobile display technology, which is designed to radically improve the picture … Read more

Matrox Takes ISE Best-of-Show

Matrox’s C-Series multi-display graphics cards won a best-of-show award at ISE last month (Matrox C420 Video Card for Multi-display Digital Signage and Control Rooms Now Shipping). The cards feature 2GB of storage and mini-DisplayPort connectivity. The C420 is a low-profile, quad-output model and the C680 is a single-slot, six-output unit.

Matrox C-Series Multi-display Graphics Cards Win Best of Show Award at ISE 2015

Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced that Matrox C-Series multi-display graphics cards won the Installation Best of Show Award at ISE 2015. “Matrox is honored to be recognized with this prestigious award from Installation,” said Caroline Injoyan, business development manager, Matrox Graphics Inc. “It coincides with the worldwide availability of C420 low-profile, quad-output cards and C680 … Read more

Falling Euro Value Impacts DACH Signage

OVAB Europe’s latest Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) (presented with Invidis) for the DACH market shows that sentiment in the region’s signage market rose slightly in January/February, from the previous November/December survey. Overall, the industry rose five base points, to 59.15. The business situation is ‘very positive’, and optimism about the near-future has risen … Read more

Smartkem Assists With OTFT Development

Smartkem, a UK-based developer of organic backplanes for flexible displays, has signed an agreement with the Centre for Process Innovation, to support customers’ prototype developments using Smartkem’s ‘Tru-Flex’ products. The agreement will last for three years. Smartkem opened a new OTFT fabrication facility in Manchester at the end of 2014, helping its partners to co-develop … Read more

Vivitek Supports Finger-Touch

Vivitek’s DH758USTiR is a specially-developed DLP projector for education. It is a UST model and features interactivity, using IR pens. Finger touch is supported through use of the DT01 laser curtain module. Vivitek’s Novoconnect collaboration tool enables teachers to display work from up to four students’ mobile devices using the projector. Resolution is 1920 x … Read more

Sainsbury’s Trialling Digital Pricing Display

Sainsburys digital price labels

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is trailling a new digital pricing display to reduce the use of paper and automatically update prices. The retailer has installed the displays in its Shoreditch Old Street Local store in London and said the trial would give the company useful insights before deciding whether to introduce it to other stores. … Read more