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Counterpoint: Why Cadmium QDs Won’t Die

by Peter Palomaki

It has been said that a good lawyer must be able to argue both sides of a case to be effective. While I don’t have a law degree, I will take the stand here …

Tags:Health and Safety| Quantum Dots| ROHS

VR Still Causing some Sickness

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a test in Australia, 36 participants played a VR game called Beat Saber, using an HMD for 10 minutes and 50 minutes. Although headsets have improved (and an HTC Vive …

Tags:Health and Safety| R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality

Cleaning Things Up: Standards Redux

by Len Scrogan

In this final instalment in our series about technical hygiene in the Covidian Era, we provide some blunt musings about Covid-aware hygiene standards, especially national and industry-specific standards. Come along with us for an …

Tags:Education| Health and Safety| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Theme Parks and Amusements| Virtual Reality

I Know I Shouldn’t Laugh

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A Chinese sex toy designed to be a ‘smart male chastity device’ has become vulnerable to a hack that would lock all devices. “The internet-linked sheath has no manual override, so …

Tags:Health and Safety| Smart Home & Home Networks

Seeing the Light: Are Displays Creating a Myopic Generation?

by Sri Peruvemba

Most emissive display devices use backlit LCD screens that emit a powerful light—equal to a car headlight before it’s filtered–directly into our eyes. It’s generally accepted that the blue light emitted by phones, tablets, …

Tags:Blue Light| E Ink| Health and Safety| Reflective Display

HPA Tech Retreat 2020: A Downside To High Dynamic Range Video?

by Pete Putman

At last week’s Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Tech Retreat, the subject of high dynamic range came up more than a few times. This annual gathering of people who work in the post-production industry and …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Health and Safety| Human Visual System (HVS)

Wuhan Lockdown Closes Display Companies

by Ken Werner

As the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic Wuhan, an industrial powerhouse and the capital of Hubei Province, is locked down. The Hubei Provincial Government has ordered most enterprises to resume work no earlier than …

Tags:China| Health and Safety| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs

Your Display’s Night Mode Could Keep You Awake

by Ken Werner

At first look you might not think an article in the December 16th issue of Current Biology entitled “Cones Support Alignment to an Inconsistent World by Suppressing Mouse Circadian Responses to the Blue Colors …

Tags:Blue Light| Health and Safety

TÜV’s Blue Light Secret is not a Secret Any More

by Bob Raikes

There’s a topic that I have been looking at for a long time, without making much real progress – but which finally became clearer after a webinar that I attended last week. That topic …

Tags:Blue Light| Health and Safety| Testing

AWE Europe Round-up

by Bob Raikes

We went along for a day to the AWE Europe event in Munich, mainly to get a chance to see the latest Varjo headset (covered in a DD last week). Of course, while we …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE Europe 2019| Health and Safety| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

What Techlash Looks Like in Education

by Len Scrogan

Techlash, a comfortably spoken portmanteau, can often be found in the news these days. Techlash or the predictable backlash against tech innovators (or innovations) was recently voted as the 2018 “digital word of the …

Tags:display technology| Education| Health and Safety

What Bob Saw Around the Net…. 26/11/2018

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Samsung …