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Daktronics Helps Climate Pledge Arena Release the Event-Day Excitement for Seattle Kraken and Concert Goers with LED Display System

October 25, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

As professional hockey returns to Seattle, Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, in conjunction with the Oak View Group, has been selected to manufacture and install 224 LED displays at Climate Pledge Arena, the new home of the Seattle Kraken. The installation features 28,175 square feet of digital signage totaling more than 145 million pixels … Read more

Gurman Likes the MacBook Pro

October 25, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman who produces the influential ‘Power On’ subscription newsletter, has summarised his view that the new MacBook Pro is a good step forward for genuinely Pro users of Apple’s notebooks, after the previous version in 2016 was ‘absolutely forgettable’. Improvements he like include: Better balance of form and function – … Read more

Links Week Commencing 25th October 2021

October 25, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Nvidia’s GeForce Now gets an RTX 3080 upgrade to take on Stadia and xCloud (up to 2160P60 or 180P120) New research finds virtual reality could help treat anxiety … Read more

Krugman on China’s Bubble

October 25, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Renowned economist, in a New York Times subscription newsletter has pointed out that in his view, the Chinese economy has a high risk of hitting problems as growth in recent years have largely been based on ‘an immense housing bubble’. Growth has been slowly declining as the economy has developed. Part of … Read more

Pitted Metalens is More Robust

October 25, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Up to now, most metalens architectures have been based on building raised pillars to create nanosurfaces that can influence light to create metalenses. Now Optics.org reports that a group at Harvard SEAS has published a paper (Nano Letters) on a new approach that uses holes in the surface rather than pillars. These … Read more

Micro Projector Developer TriLite raises €8M to Boost ARVR Glasses aims

December 21, 2022October 25, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say TriLite, a maker of microprojectors for AR & VR based in Vienna, Austria, has raised €8 million in investment from VCs including Apex Ventures, B&C Innovation Investments, Hermann Hauser Investment, TEC Ventures and QC·Ventures following a 2019 seed round. The engine is based on an RGB laser source and MEMs mirror imager … Read more

Badger by Satellite Displays is live on StartEngine

December 21, 2022October 23, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on Badger, a start-up that is developing ‘smart badges’ based on EPD displays. The firm aims to use the technology to provide ‘real time close captioning’ (Badger Adds Subtitles to Conversations). Now the firm has told us that it is available for investment on a website platform, StartEngine.com. What We … Read more

Global PC Shipments Grow for Sixth Consecutive Quarter; Chromebook in Slow Lane

October 22, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Global PC shipments marked their sixth consecutive YoY growth in Q3 2021 at 84.2 million units. This came despite the ongoing component shortages and other supply constraints. However, the 9.3% YoY growth during the quarter implied decelerating PC shipment momentum after four consecutive quarters of double-digit YoY growth since Q3 2020. In addition, most OEMs … Read more

Global PC Shipments Grow for Sixth Consecutive Quarter; Chromebook in Slow Lane

December 21, 2022October 22, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint said that although Chromebook sales were weak in Q3 2021, as government and education projects finished in the first half of 2021, the firm believes that growth will return next year and will ‘just take a break this year’. Overall, the market for PCs was 84.2 million in Q3 2021, up … Read more

Surface Duo 2 review: Getting better

October 22, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say TechCrunch has had a look at the latest Microsoft Surface Duo 2 and said that it is much better than the earlier version. However it is “still far from the sort of device you can heartily recommend”. The site found that the software is still buggy although Microsoft is using work done … Read more

A Look Inside the iPhone 13

October 22, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Semiconductor Engineering published a look inside the Apple iPhone 13 Pro by TechInsight that includes a build cost estimation. The focus was on the chips, of course, but there is also detail on the cameras. What We Think We’ve got an interesting Display Daily next week looking at the costs and profits … Read more

DJI Has an 8K Drone with LiDAR

December 21, 2022October 22, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DJI, better known for its drones, has released a cinema 8K camera (6K version also available) that can record at 60fps and with RAW output at 3.95Gbs and up to 75Hz maximum in 8K. it can support D-Log, Rec. 709 and HLG capture and uses Apple ProRes RAW, Apple ProRes 422 or … Read more