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LG, Alcatel, Canon Shine at the iF Design Awards 2016

by Isaac Oburu

LG Electronics received a total of 28 awards at the iF Design Awards 2016, setting a new record for a Korean company. Three products from LG took home iF Gold Awards: the Gram 15 …

Robert Visser Honoured by SID

by Isaac Oburu

Applied Materials Inc has announced that Dr. Robert Visser has received a 2016 Special Recognition Award from the Society of Information Display.The award is for his “pioneering research and commercialisation of new display technologies …

NEC Successfully Showcases ‘Your World is Our Showroom’

by Isaac Oburu

NEC Display Solutions Europe concluded a successful ISE 2016 with the theme, ‘Your world is our showroom’. ISE 2016 highlighted NEC’s innovation in LCD, LED and laser technologies, touch and interactivity and sensor technologies …

Nanoco Shines at Prism Awards

by Isaac Oburu

Nanoco was selected as the winner of the Prism Awards, 2016 in the Materials and Coatings category, for its cadmium-free quantum dots. The award was presented at a ceremony held in San Francisco during …

Hisense Takes iF Award

by Isaac Oburu

The Hisense laser projection system, ‘Laser Quantcast’, won a Global Innovation Award for ‘Best Future TV’ at CES in January. The device projects strong-coloured images on a 100″ screen.

NextVR Partners with Fox

by Isaac Oburu

NextVR has announced that it will begin a five-year partnership with Fox Sports, offering fans live VR coverage of US sporting events. Fox Sports’ Daytona 500 VR broadcast will be available free through the …

VR Plays a Larger Role at the Tribeca Film Festival

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Tribeca Film Festival, held in New York City from April 13 to the 24, has always supported new forms of entertainment in the forms of gaming, events, installations etc. This year the number …

Sports Illustrated Goes Virtual

by Tom Allen

Quad/Graphics has included a VR viewer (the Quad Virtual Reality Viewer, or QVR) in about 500,000 select copies of the 2016 Sportswear Illustrated swimsuit issue. The viewer can be used to watch the magazine’s …

Forth Dimension Displays to Present a Paper

by Isaac Oburu

Forth Dimension Displays has announced it will present a paper at this year’s Electronic Displays Conference. The event will be held in Nuremberg, Germany from the 24th – 25th February. The paper is entitled …

Barco’s Flagship to be used in Berlinale

by Isaac Oburu

Barco’s flagship laser projector will screen a selection of movies at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). The flagship projector is the DP4K-60L, and will be set up at Friedrichstadt-Palast venue: Europe’s largest …

2016FLEX to Attract More Experts

by Isaac Oburu

The 15th Flexible and Printed Electronics Conference and Exhibition (2016FLEX) that will be held at the Monterey Marriott California. Organisers expect over 600 attendees. The event is to be held between the 29th February …

SMPTE Honored with a Special Award

by Isaac Oburu

SMPTE has received a Special Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The Special Award plaque was presented to SMPTE at the Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation, which …