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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.
Asus’ Eeebook X205 laptop (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is now available in Germany. Several LG products are now available. The 34UC97 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33) curved 34″ LCD monitor is being sold in the USA and Europe for $1,300. Additionally two videowall units, the 55LV75A and 55LV77A (Display Monitor Vol 21 … Read more
Acer describes the Aspire Switch 12 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35) as a two-in-one notebook, rather than a hybrid tablet, because of its 12.5″ size. The product has 1920 x 1080 resolution, a kickstand and magnetic keyboard, much like Microsoft’s Surface tablets. An IPS panel with optical bonding is used in the design, as … Read more
A variety of tablets have been unveiled by Acer for the Taiwan market. These are the Iconia One 7, Iconia One 8 and Iconia Tab 10, as well as the Iconia Talk S (supporting 4G voice communication). The price of Amazon’s Fire Phone (32GB) has been cut by $250 in the USA. An unlocked version … Read more
A set of portable dome projection displays has been released by Barco. The TD series is available with one, three or five projectors: the F35 and F50 on the single-projector models (TD-135, TD-150); F22 or F50 on the three-projector models (TD-322, TD-350); and F22 on the five-projector model (TD-522). Dell‘s P2415Q and P2715Q LCD monitors … Read more
The BL3201PT monitor from BenQ (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) is now available in the USA. It is known as the BL3201PH and costs $1,100. A new variant on LG’s 34″ curved widescreen LCD monitor (34UC97, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33) has been revealed. The 34UC87 has an adjustable stand and lower refresh … Read more
Digital Signage – Perch is a New York based company focusing on creating a point of product display solution. While this is nothing new in general, Perch uses a combination of technologies to provide a unique experience. The system uses a projector in combination with a Kinect camera to transform every flat surface into a … Read more
Virtual Reality – Major distributor TigerDirect sees virtual reality as getting ready to take off, so they are now starting to offer head-mounted display (HMD) systems to support the trend. At its annual Tech Bash held November 7th in Miami, it highlighted the GO HMD from ImmersiON-VRelia. The GO HMD will be exclusively distributed by … Read more
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