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Trends to Help Save the Planet?

For today’s Display Daily, I have combined a couple of topics that both looked interesting to me, but neither had worked its way to the top of my agenda. It occurred to me that both had an common element about them – how worthy good ideas can struggle to gain acceptance for good real world … Read more

Ynvisible Produces Digital Road Sign to Ease EV Growing Pains

Interactive Inc., a fast-growing firm in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, announces a collaboration with Exevio, a digital solutions firm with a focus on quality, execution and implementation of modern technologies. Exevio has engaged Ynvisible on a project in Croatia to produce a digital e-paper road sign that informs the availability of EV charging … Read more

Taste the TV: Invention sends flavors straight to lickable screens

What They Say Nikkei reports that Homei Miyashita of Meiji University, has a system using 10 cartridges to create a taste sample that is like certain foods. To reproduce basic flavours, it uses sodium chloride for saltiness, sucrose for sweetness, citric acid for acidity, quinine hydrochloride for bitterness, and sodium glutamate for umami. Cartridges are … Read more

Intensifying Consequences of Russian-Ukrainian War and Rising Inflation, TV, LCD Monitor, Notebook Shipments Face Correction Pressure, Says TrendForce

As the Russian-Ukrainian war directly affects Eastern Europe and, indeed, the entire European market, the supply of raw materials has destabilized and prices continued to soar, exacerbating inflation and pummeling the global economy. In addition, lockdowns and work suspensions caused by the recent pandemic outbreak in China and the government’s insistence on a dynamic zero-COVID … Read more

HbbTV Releases Version 2022-1 of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite. The new version is called v2022-1; it is … Read more

AUO and ADLINK Announce “Visualization at the Edge” EMEA Tech Forum

Following the successful Tech Forum virtual events in 2021, AUO, a global leader and pioneer of optoelectronic solutions, and ADLINK Technology Inc., one of the world’s leading providers in edge computing, will be hosting their first joint virtual technology forum for the EMEA region. Exploring the future possibilities of AI and edge visualization, the two-day … Read more

Vizio Adds Jump Ads to SmartTVs

What They Say Vizio has a new feature in its smartTVs intended to allow a streamlined way to switch between linear and streaming content. The feature is called Jump Ads and relies on automated content recognition (ACR) technology to check when a participating programme is on the air. It can be used, for example, to … Read more

Links Week Ending 8th April 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. VR has significant impact on agoraphobia – UK NHS study. AI Creates Amazing Virtual San Francisco Using Millions of Photos – using front cameras on Waymo cars … Read more

BOE Plans for G8.6 OLED Fab Get Firmer

What They Say The Elec reported (in Korean) that BOE of China has set a target of the end of 2024 to build a G8.6 (2250 x 2600mm) OLED fab at its B16 plant in Chengdu, Sichuan. The capacity would be 15K input substrates per month. The Elec reports that the fab is expected to … Read more

Sharp/NEC to Launch New Projector Model PX2201UL at ISE 2022

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe is going to show visitors to ISE 2022 the new NEC PX2201UL projector model close to its official launch in May 2022. The ultra-bright 1DLP model with RB laser technology offers excellent colour performance while still being relatively compact. Wide-interface selection, built-in Edge Blending and geometric control technologies all support … Read more