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Subsidies for Booming China-EU Rail Link Unsustainable, Maersk Exec Tells Boao Forum

What They Say Caixin reports that shipping specialist, Maersk China, suggested that Chinese subsidies for rail transport from China to the EU are not sustainable. In 2020, China-Europe freight trains made a total of 12,400 trips, up 50% from the previous year. They shipped nearly 1.14 million standard containers, up 56% year-on-year, according to data … Read more

Toyota Moves Instruments in Console

What They Say Toyota made a big announcement about its future plans for 70 electric and electrified vehicles by 2025. We noticed the interesting change in the instrument display in the bZ4X SUV concept. The company has moved the main display for the driver above the rim of the steering wheel. What We Think Of … Read more

Barco Reveals Q1 Progress

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What They Say Barco reported its results for Q1 2021 and saw a boost of 21% in orders compared to Q4 2020 and up 10% compared to a year ago to €228.9 million. Sales were lower at €171.7 million, down on Q4 and 27% down on Q1 2020. China’s cinema business has been recovering which … Read more

Apple Brings XDR MiniLED Technology to the iPad

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What They Say Apple held an event to launch a number of non-iPhone (mainly) products that featured: New iPad Pros with a miniLED ‘Liquid Retina XDR’ display and using its own M1 chip A new re-designed iMac with a 24″ 4.5K Retina display and using the M1. Apple TV 4K and remote AirTag item trackers … Read more

Sales of Philips MediaSuite Hospitality TVs Surpass 100,000 with Sales Rocketing in 2021

Sales of PPDS’ ground-breaking range of ageless, Chromecast built-inTM, Philips MediaSuite TVs for hospitality have surpassed 100,000, quickly becoming the go-to choice for some of the world’s leading hotels. First teased at ISE 2019 and on sale across EMEA since July of the same year, the Philips MediaSuite range set a new standard in control, … Read more

Ion Exchange Used to Make Perovskite LEDs

What They Say Researchers from the AMOLF lab of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research have developed a new way of creating a reactive ink based on perovskites. The material is created by ‘painting’ a a solution of methylammonium bromide onto a ‘canvas’ of lead carbonate. The material forms a green emitting perovskite. “The challenge … Read more

JOLED Panel Reseller Revealed

What They Say Review Display Systems has started selling the new 22″, 27″ and 32″ UltraHD inkjet OLED panels from JOLED. The company is also expecting to have a 14″ FullHD panel, later. Colour is reported at 138% of sRGB. The firm said that the panels are just 1.3mm thick and the 32″ panel weighs … Read more

Innovative OLED Displays Deliver Outstanding Optical Performance and Image Quality

Display and embedded systems solutions provider, Review Display Systems Inc. (RDS) has announced the availability of high performance, medium-size OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays from Japan-based display supplier JOLED. Employing innovative printed OLED technology, JOLED displays deliver outstanding optical performance and offer superb blur-free image quality when displaying fast moving video sequences. The latest … Read more

Plastic Logic’s Colour Display Revolutionises Smart Wearables

Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), has announced a new flexible 5.4in colour display that is set to revolutionise smart wearable devices. Smart wearables, such as jewellery, have become increasingly popular among consumers over the last decade. The problem is most wearable displays are black and … Read more