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Google Smart Lens Kicks Off DAC 2015

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeGoogle’s glucose-monitoring contact lens was a prototype a year ago (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4), but was presented as a named product at the opening of the Design Automation Conference this …

Tags:Back Panel| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wearables

Optoma Brings Middle East to Milan

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeA VR underwater landscape, set in the Arabian Sea, and a projection of a Middle Eastern kitchen were created by LM Productions for the Milan Expo (1st May – 31st October). The …

Vukunet is NEC Success Story

by Tom Allen

NEC’s Vukunet ad serving platform has achieved more than 1.8 billion ad impressions – in 100,000 locations – since it was launched.

Christie Breaks Newly-Set Record

by Tom Allen

Hexogon Solution used Christie projectors to accomplish a new Guinness world record, for the highest light output in a projected image ever produced in a single event. 160 Roadster HD20K-J and S+22K-J projectors were …

Absen Takes Prize in Retail Category

by Tom Allen

Click to enlarge. PSCo is the UK distributor for Absen’s LED products.Absen has received a ‘Star Product’ award at the Install Awards in London. Absen’s AI03 LED display (distributed by PSCo) took the honour, …

DNMG Chooses Abox for STBs

by Tom Allen

Deutsche Netzmarketing GmbH (DNMG) has chosen Abox42’s M20-series smart STB platform for use in its IP-based units. Abox’s product will be used in co-ordination with an IP-based TV solution from Zattoo.

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Optoma Transforms Moscow Design Centre

by Tom Allen

More than 30 Optoma projectors have been installed at the Moscow Design Centre (M’ARS) in Russia, as part of an exhibit called Life Zone. Three EH503s, eight W307USTs and more than 20 EH200UST projectors …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Russia| Vol 22 - Issue 24

AUO AMOLED Takes Best in Show

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeAUO’s circular 1.4″ AMOLED display, which is now in mass production, has won the 2015 SID Best in Show award (AUO Enters Circular AMOLED Production).

Espial Claims Sharp Win

by Tom Allen

Espial has said that its HTML5 Client software is being used in Sharp’s new XU30 LCD TVs (Sharp Converts Up and Down to Raise Quality), which will go on sale in Japan in July.

‘PoWiFi’ Enables Wireless Charging and Internet Access

by Tom Allen

A prototype Wi-Fi router can be used to charge devices wirelessly. Engineers at Washington University in the USA developed the ‘PoWiFi’ routers and have installed them in six homes. They use a technology called …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wireless Charging

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 26

by Tom Allen

Ever felt that your flagship smartphone just wasn’t powerful enough? Do you crave more cores, to the detriment of every other spec? Take a lesson from Intel’s lead engineer, François Piednoel. At a benchmarking …

Prism Sees Use in E Ink Sculpture

by Tom Allen

An interactive sculpture was constructed in Chicago for the SEGD Nexpo (4th – 6th June), using E Ink’s Prism colour-changing product (E-Ink Shows Prism Displays for Architectural Applications). ‘eFlow’ was built by Ueberall International, …