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Solid State Projectors Rule at I/ITSEC 2015

by Chris Chinnock

At last year’s I/ITSEC event there were plenty of lamp-based projectors in various booths on the trade show floor. This year, not so many. In fact, the only lamp-based projectors we saw were F32 …

Does the Simulation Market Care About Color?

by Chris Chinnock

The answer is yes and no depending upon which segment of the market you are talking about. The key question that users and suppliers need to ask is, “does color improve the training proficiency?” …

No Upgrade in Near Term for ProSim Projector From Rockwell Collins

by Chris Chinnock

One of the best performing projectors in the simulation market is the ProSim projector (also known as the Zoro projector) manufactured by Rockwell Collins. According to officials at I/ITSEC 2015, the company has now …

How Rockwell Collins WholeEarth Database can Save Money

by Chris Chinnock

At I/ITSEC 2015, Rockwell Collins announced a new project called the WholeEarth Synthetic Database, which, as you might suspect, is a database of the entire Earth. They are not the first ones to attempt …

Samsung, Cameras and Brands

by Bob Raikes

This week, we report on the withdrawal from the UK digital camera market by Samsung, which follows on from a story we spotted recently that the firm had dropped out of selling cameras in …

ICDM Hosts Boulder Meeting

by Tom Allen

The International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM) will host a three-day working meeting in Boulder, Colorado next February. The meeting (22nd – 24th) will be held at the Best Western Plus Boulder Inn; work …

Small iPhone Rocks the Boat

by Tom Allen

Ming-chi Kuo, an analyst at KGI Securities (with a better-than-average record for Apple predictions) has said that a new 4″ iPhone will be launched in 2016. The phone, apparently called the 6C, will be …

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‘Super IGZO’ Lowers Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Android Headlines claims that Sharp is to introduce a new type of panel called ‘Super IGZO’, to compete with high-end LCD and AMOLED smartphone displays. The new panels use an improved version of Sharp’s …

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INCJ Considers JDI/Sharp Merger

by Tom Allen

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) could split Sharp’s LCD business off into a new subsidiary of Japan Display (JDI), according to Japan’s Mainichi. Both organisations have previously been linked to a takeover …

Smartphones Fall to Single-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

2015 will be the first-ever full year of single-digit smartphone growth, according to IDC. The firm forecasts 9.8% growth YoY, to a total of 1.43 billion units. This is a revision from IDC’s previous …

Samsung Falls From Wearable Rankings

by Tom Allen

The top wearable vendor positions were in a state of flux in Q3, with Xiaomi challenging Apple for the second-place spot, and Samsung beaten to fifth place by newcomer XTC. IDC says that total …

NextFlex is Born

by Tom Allen

In August, the FlexTech Alliance received funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to establish and manage a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) and Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE MII) (FlexTech Alliance Secures $75 Million …

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