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FDA Ruling Causing Headaches for Laser Projector Makers

by Chris Chinnock

On June 9, we published an article describing how the recent FDA ruling on laser-based projectors might impact the market (Laser Phosphor Projector Makers Sell at their Own Risk). This ruling, last February, classified …

DD Technologies Starts Crowdfunding for its IRIS HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

DD Technologies, a Vancouver, Canada-based company has started its crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo. So far it has reached around 35% of its $50,000 goal in one week. The head up display (HUD) is …

Laser Phosphor Projector Makers Sell at their Own Risk

by Chris Chinnock

The Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA) was represented by Greg Niven at SID, where he provided an update on regulatory action regarding laser-based displays. While the organization has had success in Europe (IEC) and …

Do Head Up Displays Add to Safety in Cars?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Head Up Displays (HUDs) are entering the automobile industry at an impressive speed. Not so long ago HUDs were the exception rather than the rule in automotive instrumentation. Now, many new models in the …

UL Introduces Comprehensive Compliance Services for the Wearable Technology Industry

by Vanessa Browning

UL Consumer Technology, a global leader of product safety testing and certification for over 100 years, announced today the launch of a comprehensive service that offers customized product validation, advisory, testing, risk mitigation, interoperability, …

Tags:Health and Safety| Wearable Market| Wearables

TCO Prepares for New Generation

by Bob Raikes

TCO Certified critera are updated every three years, and 2015 marks the next update. Preliminary work has begun to assess potential criteria and structural updates. TCO Certfied Displays will be the first updated critera, …

AOC Takes Philips Tech for Low Blue Light

by Bob Raikes

Apparently in the belief that LCD monitors can have harmful effects on the eye, AOC has launched two low-blue-light and flicker-free products: the E2276VWM6 and E2476VWM6. Blue light suppresses melatonin, which causes drowsiness, and …

French Watchdog Recommends No 3D For Children

by Raverstead

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has advised that children under the age of six be denied access to 3D content. Young people under 13 should have ‘moderate’ …

TUV Grants Acer New Low Blue Light Certification

by Raverstead

TUV Rheinland (Greater China) has granted its Low Blue Light certification to Acer’s monitors – the first company to receive the accreditation worldwide. Blue light filters are used on the B6 and V6 professional …

Assessing 3D Stereo Comfort using an EEG

by Helen Vince

3D – Ever since the advent of 3D technologies, researchers have been investigating the psychological and physiological effects on users of viewing stereoscopic imagery. The general impression that I have obtained from reading many such …

Tags:Health and Safety| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Stereovision| Vol 21 - Issue 44

A 3D Vision Health Update

by Helen Vince

3D and Vision Health – Several times a year I provide an update for our readers on 3D vision health issues. The pervasive myth that 3D is somehow bad for us, and our children, is …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Health and Safety| Vol 21 - Issue 44

AAA Studies Driver Distraction in the US

by Helen Vince

sAutomotive – When navigation systems entered the automotive market, the rave for larger screens and head up displays in automobiles started. Smartphones and now augmented reality headsets could be used in cars while driving. Some …