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TV – The discussion about the future of TV in the US is not only a consequence of weaker TV set sales, but is also based on declining subscriptions to cable services. Discussions about a change in the TV landscape has been ongoing for years now. HBO, the US premium movie channel and content provider, … Read more
TV – An article in EET India discusses the uptake of 4K / UHD TV in the global markets. With more and more TV makers announcing UHD TV sets at lower and lower prices, the acceptance and the sales are going up strongly. Digitimes estimates those TV shipments will reach 12.8 million this year and … Read more
Augmented Reality – If you have heard of internet addiction, you may envision some geek spending much of his life in front of a computer screen. Now a US serviceman has expanded this view to wearing Google Glass as well. If you want, you can call this “AR addiction”. The US Navy is treating the … Read more
Wearable – When it comes to the retail of consumer electronics, there is the Apple store and then there is the rest. When Apple opened its Apple stores many analysts were skeptical about the chances of a single brand retail store in typically prime locations of the major cities around the world. Apple proved them … Read more
Virtual Reality – CNet reports in an article “Virtual reality and the silver screen: A match made in heaven” on virtual reality headsets and their use for showing movies. The article argues that movie apps could be the killer app many virtual headset makers are looking for. The report argues that showing a movie on … Read more
Augmented Reality – PC Magazine has declared the death of the Google Glass device based on its observations of people not wearing Google Glass in public anymore. This article appeared on October 8th on the publication’s website and quotes comments from John C. Dvorak about the future of Google Glass. He states that in the … Read more
Augmented Reality – When we report on augmented reality it is typically on some new type of hardware concept that the user will devour. One of the key issues with augmented reality today is the lack of killer applications. Yes, I like the idea of navigation and video calls, but in all honesty these ideas … Read more
Head Mounted Display – A very impressive number of researchers are working on a loupe style handheld display device. The research group seems to be led by Nokia, which has the most people associated with the paper. Also involved are the Simon Fraser University, Lancaster University, Ulm University, Yahoo Labs and MIT. The resulting loupe device … Read more
Apple iMac with 5k Retina Display 4K -Apple launched a new iMac that it is calling the Retina 5k display, with a whopping 5120 x 2880 pixel (just under 15 megapixels) resolution upgrade to the previous 27″ (2560 x 1440 pixel) panel. In a pre-Christmas product launch, the company has turned once again to the … Read more
Mobile – Batteries are the life blood of mobile electronic devices. There is, therefore, an ongoing desire for rechargeable batteries with increased energy storage capacity and that can be more rapidly recharged. A recent and potentially significant development in battery technology has been reported by a team within the School of Materials Science and Engineering … Read more
Supply Chain – After reporting on the rupture in the relationship between Apple and GT Advanced Technologies, Tera Xtal Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Apple, Senao International (retail chain) and Vibo Telecom for patent infringement of its Taiwan patent No. M438642. The patent describes using a sapphire cover for a mobile device, where the … Read more
Holographic Displays – One approach to the creation of a holographic display is based on the use of dynamic recording materials. One challenge in the development of a real-time holographic display of this type has been the identification of suitable photorefractive materials. More specifically, materials having the fast response and high modulation index necessary to … Read more
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