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What They Say The South China Morning Post reports that the delays at the port of Yantian (Shenzen) caused by Covid procedures and outbreaks, are causing bigger shipping delays than the recent problems with the ship blocking the Suez Canal. The paper reported that 298 container vessels skipped the port (equivalent to 3 million 20′ … Read more
What They Say A group of researchers at the University of Ottowa have developed the concept of a ‘spaceplate’ that can be used to replace the space between lenses in optical systems. The concept was published in Nature Communications and described at Optics.org and exploits the idea of exploiting the angle of a light ray … Read more
What They Say A bill has been introduced in the US Congress as the Fair Repair Act. “For too long, large corporations have hindered the progress of small business owners and everyday Americans by preventing them from the right to repair their own equipment,” said Congressman Morelle. “It’s long past time to level the playing … Read more
What They Say iFixit released a short (4 minutes) video showing the start of a tear down of the iPad Pro, highlighting the XDR display and backlight. The display is around 0.5mm thicker than the last version. The site managed to disassemble the display without destroying it, so there is some video of the backlight … Read more
What They Say We reported on the Dell XPS13 with an optional OLED a couple of months ago. Laptop Magazine looked at the unit and reported that: The 3.5K display is ‘breathtaking’ with four narrow bezels, but with the camera at the top of the display Luminance is 361 cd/m² and DCI-P3 coverage is 83.1% … Read more
ARtillery Intelligence released a new report that projects mobile AR annual revenue to grow from $6.87 billion in 2020 to $26.05 billion in 2025, a 30.5 percent compound annual growth rate. Entitled Mobile AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2020-2025, it dives deep on mobile AR revenue totals and subcategories – including consumer and enterprise spending. Enterprise … Read more
Pervasive Displays, recognized specialist in the development and supply of e-paper displays (EPDs), has further expanded the range of potential use cases that its products can support through introduction of the new Armor offering. EPDs based on the company’s unique Armor technology will achieve greater mechanical robustness and improved sunlight readability characteristics. This means they … Read more
What They Say Nikkei reports that Taiwanese suppliers have increased their share of components in the latest iPad Pro, at the expense of South Korean companies. A teardown with Fomalhaut Techno Solutions found that 20% of the components by value are from Taiwan. The firm estimted that the production cost is $510, up by 30% … Read more
What They Say The IBC.org site published an interesting and extended article on the limited penetration of UltraHD resolution into broadcasting. The article hightlights that both SES and Eutelsat have said that their UHD channel count is down as demo channels are closed and ‘pop-up’ channels are down from two years ago. Paul Gray of … Read more
What They Say The Elec reported, based on data from Omdia, that China is now the biggest market for automotive displays as it is now the largest the market for vehicles. LCD will remain the main technology with LTPS with integrated touch will replace a-si TFT LCD as the main segment. The automotive OLED market … Read more
In the first quarter of 2021, the wearable market in Europe grew 33.0% compared with the same period in 2020, according to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Between January and March, 22.0 million units were shipped to the region. “A year after disruptions in supply chain and consumer confidence, the wearable market … Read more
What They Say An article in IEEE Spectrum highlights issues with OLED display flicker. Tekla S. Perry upgraded from an older iPhone SE to an iPhone 12 Mini as the smaller display was appealing. However, on firing up the phone, discomfort set in. Her tests established that the problem got worse at lower levels of … Read more
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