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Night Vision Comes to Mobile

by Tom Allen

Danish company Lumignon was founded in 2009, and introduced the T1 smartphone in 2010. It followed with the T2 (2012) and T2 HD (2014). The firm is keeping up its two-year release cycle with …

RuggON Produces First Passport-Reading Tablet

by Tom Allen

A durable Windows tablet called the PM-311B, prioritising a visible image under direct sunlight, has been introduced by RuggON. With 850 cd/m² of brightness, optical bonding and anti-reflection/anti-fingerprint coatings, RuggON says that the tablet …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Sunlight Readable Displays| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 20

ITEC 2016 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

At the back of the hall, one company, Dauntless, had set up its simulation system in an area that allowed two users to move around, wearing VR headsets. On the displays were the scenarios …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 13

by Tom Allen

Dell and HP have become the latest companies to build machines that are specifically certified as VR-ready, for the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. The Dell Precision workstations will have a set of minimum …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 13

by Tom Allen

We now have a specification list for Acer‘s laser gaming projector, the Z850 (Acer Brings Laser to Gaming). Despite being described as ‘mirrorless’, it is in fact a DLP unit – there are no …

Panasonic’s Tiny Tablets Are Smallest Toughpads Yet

by Tom Allen

Panasonic was showing off its connected IoT products, as well as a rugged smartphone in the Toughpad line. Although officially described as a tablet, the device is 4.7″, supports dual SIM cards and can …

Rugged Display Repels Heat, Cold, Hail and Snow

by Tom Allen

Germany’s SR System-Elektronik has developed and tested a 47″ outdoor display. Designed to shrug off both heat and cold, the screen’s enclosure is IP65-compliant and features a UV filter. Ventilation was developed in-house.

Tags:DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Acer Integrates TeachSmart in Notebook

by Tom Allen

Acer expanded its TravelMate line with a new notebook called the B117: the first to support the company’s TeachSmart solution. TeachSmart will work in conjunction with an LED indicator on the the lid of …

Casio’s Smartwatch Can Take a Beating

by Tom Allen

For the last two years, Casio’s press conference has been disappointingly light on display news – so we were happy to see a new smartwatch being announced, called the WSD-F10. Kazuhiro Kashio, president and …

Panasonic uses ‘Honeycomb’ for HDR – Has Cool Transparent TV

by Tom Allen

Panasonic had one of the more interesting stands at the show, although it wasn’t easy to track down all of the new displays. The company has a presence in so many product areas, including …

Handheld Group Seals its First Rugged Tablet

by Tom Allen

Sweden’s Handheld Group has developed its first ‘ultra-rugged’ tablet: a 7″ Android model called the ALGIZ RT7. IP65-compliant, the RT7 also meets the MIL-STD-810G standards of the US military. It is protected against drops, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Panasonic Produces ‘World’s First’ Rugged Hybrid

by Tom Allen

A fully rugged, convertible laptop has been introduced by Panasonic – which says that it is the world’s first such unit. The Toughbook 20 features the reliability of the Toughbook brand and the flexibility …