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UK MPs Choose Apple

by Tom Allen

Every MP in the UK – all 650 of them – will be given an iPad Air 2 after the General Election in May. The plan will cost around £200,000 ($300,000) a year – …

Tags:Back Panel| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Celebrating 90 Years of TV

by Tom Allen

Baird’s TV only had 30 lines of vertical resolutionJohn Logie Baird – the inventor of the television set – showed off his creation in London, 90 years ago. The original box was a gimmick …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 13

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 14

by Tom Allen

A man has fixed his dead laptop by baking it in an oven. Sean Buckley, writing for Gizmodo, fixed his device following a recipe from the world’s greatest cookbook: the internet. The actual problem …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 14

VR Motion Sickness Countered – With a Fake Nose

by Tom Allen

An undergraduate at Purdue University in the USA has suggested a way to counter the ‘motion sickness of virtual reality’ by programming in a virtual nose. Motion sickness occurs when you see motion with …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Outfront Celebrates Leonard Nimoy

by Tom Allen

Outfront Media (formerly CBS Outdoor) paid tribute to the actor Leonard Nimoy recently, converting 15 of its own digital billboards around Atlanta. The signs showed a monochrome image of Nimoy as Spock, his famous …

Epson Modernises World War Museum

by Tom Allen

The Bentley Priory Museum in the UK has been modernised, with help from Epson and integrator Atlas AV. The museum tells the story of the country house, focusing on its role as a command …

Optoma Recreates 16th-Century Dockyard

by Tom Allen

Optoma has helped to update the Chatham Dockyard Museum in the UK, with 17 projectors used to recreate the feel of a 16th-century dockyard. Sysco Audio Visual installed four EW865s, four EW775s and nine …

Laval Prepares for 17th Laval Virtual Show

by Tom Allen

From 8th – 12th April, the Laval Virtual conference will take place in Laval, France. The event is dedicated to promoting and covering virtual technology in various industries. Register at http://tinyurl.com/lrll9g3. (We’ll be attending …

Loewe Takes Home Design Award

by Tom Allen

The Loewe Connect 55 TV has received an iF Design Award in Germany. We saw Loewe’s new Connect range at IFA last year

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge not good enough? How about 24k gold versions?

by Tom Allen

It seems that no flagship device – or any Apple product – can be launched these days without someone plating it in precious metal. Enter Goldgenie, which is offering the Samsung Galaxy S6 and …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Exhibitors Eager for Anga Com

by Tom Allen

It is three months before Anga Com takes place in Cologne, but 400 exhibitors from 30 countries have already signed up to be at the event. The show will run from 9th – 11th …

Konica Shows Metal Mesh Film at Finetech

by Tom Allen

Konica Minolta will demonstrate a prototype of its metal mesh transparent conductive film at Finetech Japan (8th – 10th April, Tokyo Big Sight, stand 45-42). The film was manufactured by an inkjet process. A …