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A company called Visionect, based in Slovenia, is working to bring electrophoretic display (EPD e.g. E Ink) signage to the mainstream market. The company has developed new hardware and software that enables custom signage to be built using multiple EPDs. EPDs cannot support video. However, they are durable, consume little power and are scalable. Common … Read more
Vivitek’s Qumi range has been expanded to include three new LED DLP projectors for office, personal and home use. They are the Q7 Plus, Q7 Lite and Q4. The Q7 models are compatible with Vivitek’s mobile remote control app. The Q4, designed for office use, features embedded closed captioning and six pre-set image modes, as … Read more
The Geobox G-401 is a four-channel LCD videowall controller from VNS (Taiwan), supporting UltraHD inputs. As a pure hardware controller, the unit is said to be free from image lag and synchronisation issues; easy to use; and immune to PC viruses and crashes. Multiple video sources, such as PCs and media players, can connect to … Read more
Audi showrooms in the UK are using Samsung’s Gear VR headset to demonstrate the features of the new Audi TT. Wearers can investigate the interior of the car and be taken for a drive. The content was captured specifically for this application.
Market Intelligence – The wearable market is forecast to reach around 108M devices by 2018 with growth following the doubling from just under 20M devices in 2014 to over 40M next year and with revenue moving from $2B to $16B by the end of that time period. However, despite the impressive growth in the space, … Read more
In today’s culture, lawyers use every kind of resource including data from electronic devices to achieve what their respective clients are after. Witnesses and other kinds of proof including video, phone calls, etc. are being used in lawsuits around the globe. In a first case of its kind, a lawyer is now using data from … Read more
In the educational 3D world, stasis is a hazardous state of being. It’s all too easy for a pioneering software or hardware company to slow drip their way into obsolescence. I have seen it many times – less striking graphics; anachronistic curriculum; slower performance when compared with competitors; more complexity when faced with simpler and … Read more
Intel’s Make it Wearable contest, announced at CES 2014, challenged competitors to design innovative and creative wearable devices. Devices could be entered on one of two tracks: ‘Development’ (must be an actual concept based on Intel technology) and ‘Visionary’ (ideas without boundaries). Development track winners have now been announced. First place and $500,000 went to … Read more
Touch panel maker Wintek’s financial woes continue, as the company reported a 68% year on year fall in sales in November to NT$2.7 billion ($86.7 million), which was more than half the previous month’s total sales. November’s result brought sales for the year to date to NT$63.1 billion ($2 billion), down 8.4% from the corresponding … Read more
The workstation market remained healthy in Q3’14, says Jon Peddie Research, with few changes. Just over 1 million units were shipped worldwide, representing a 4.7% YoY rise, although 2.8% QoQ decline. Q2’14 saw the workstation market’s highest-ever volumes. The momentum from Q3 is expected to continue. Refreshes of every major OEM’s premium desk-side workstation line … Read more
Netherlands-based Zero Creative has developed a glasses-free 3D notebook called the Futurebook, under the XYZ brand. The product is designed for both casual and professional use, such as gaming, film watching, CAD design and medical applications. A glasses-free laptop with a lenticular lens was released by Zero Creative in 2009; the Futurebook builds on that … Read more
The ZVEI trade associated in Germany has honoured GFU chairman Hans-Joachim Kamp with the Golden Plaque of Honour, in recognition of his three decades of work in and commitment to the electrical industry.
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