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Interview with Novasentis – Feel your Display

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Emerging Technology – Haptic display technology has long been in discussion and solutions have so far fallen short of expectations. In an interview with Dr. Christophe Ramstein, President and CEO of Novasentis we explored how far away haptic displays are from the real world of consumer electronics. Novasentis (formerly Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc.) is a US based company … Read more

3D’s Plus-one

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3D in Education – In a previous article, Stereo Symbiosis Needed in the Education Market, I wrote that the growth trajectory of 3D will not accelerate to the degree desired without help from other, complementary technologies. 3D’s plus-one, if you will. “Only by joining 3D together in symbiosis with other enabling technologies will it be … Read more

Next Generation TV System Attracts Competing Efforts

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Broadcast & Distribution – Last week, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Technicolor (formerly Thomson Broadcast) announced the successful deployment of Technicolor’s ATSC 3.0 4K/UltraHD testbed platform, including receiving an over-the-air signal. Based on various MPEG audio, video and transport standards, including Scalable HEVC, MPEG-H audio and MPEG-MMT transport, the Technicolor platform was combined with Sinclair’s experimental … Read more

AAA Studies Driver Distraction in the US

sAutomotive – When navigation systems entered the automotive market, the rave for larger screens and head up displays in automobiles started.  Smartphones and now augmented reality headsets could be used in cars while driving.  Some countries, such as the UK, have legislation that disallows the use of distracting devices while driving. Similar laws in other countries … Read more

Oculus Welcomes Sony to the Virtual Reality Market

Virtual Reality – Virtual reality has been around for some time and if you like, every movie theater experience is a form of virtual reality without glasses. People like movies, but so far don’t like to wear headsets providing a similar experience in their home.  Sony and Zeiss had personal viewers in the market with very … Read more

GT Advanced Technologies and Apple – A Story of Unequals

Supply Chain – Before the release of the iPhone 6 models, some analysts were very bullish on the use of sapphire in upcoming Apple smartphones. There are advantages in using sapphire on handheld devices as many owners of watches with sapphire glass will tell you, as they do not scratch easily.  On the negative side there … Read more

Physics Prize Goes to LED Inventors

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Lighting – The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on October 7, 2014 “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”. The prize was awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan and Nagoya University, Japan, Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya University, Japan, and Shuji Nakamura, University of California, Santa … Read more