Vol 21 – Issue 40 – Page 10

Battery Technology Must Change, ABI Urges

by Super User

The eight billion mobile devices – including smart- and feature phones, wearables, tablets and notebooks – in the world by 2019 will provide a huge base for new battery and charging technologies, says ABI …

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HTC’s ‘Selfie Phone’ Responds to Voice Commands

by Super User

While smartphones’ front-facing cameras have often been outclassed by those on the rear, recent months have seen a change in this trend. The latest smartphone to pack a powerful front camera is the HTC …

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JPR Discusses Graphics at Virtualise

by Super User

Jon Peddie Research’s first Visualise Conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency near San Francisco Airport, on 30th October. Tutorials, speakers and panels will be present, as well as information and guidance on …

Hamburg Bridge Goes Digital

by Super User

Eight new 55″ landscape-style screens have been installed on Hamburg Airport’s central bridge. Each has 1920 x 1080 resolution, but the airport could not tell us which company supplied them.

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Microsoft Iterates on Illumiroom

by Super User

It’s been a few months since we heard anything about Microsoft’s Illumiroom concept (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 4) – not since March, in fact (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 10). Illumiroom uses projectors …

Vivitek’s Laser Module Brings Touch to Education

by Super User

Vivitek’s newest education projector, the 1DLP D755WTIR, is the first to offer compatibility with the company’s DT01 ‘laser curtain’ module. The module enables interactivity (up to 10-point touch) with the projected image. Two IR …

France Sets Frequency Auction For 2015

by Super User

An auction of French frequencies in the 700MHz band will begin next year, President Fran

Maxwell Extends to Laptops

by Super User

Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), Nvidia introduced the GTX 970 and GTX 980 desktop GPUs, based on the new Maxwell architecture (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8). Now, the company has …

‘FingerShadow’ Saves OLED Power

by Super User

A paper published by Microsoft Research (http://tinyurl.com/nqvq736) has shown a new way to conserve power on mobile devices. Recognising that the screen is the most power-hungry component in a smartphone, Microsoft researchers have developed …

Lenovo’s Yoga Tablet Updates Add a Projector

by Super User

A new line of tablets, including updates to last year’s Yoga Tablet, have been shown off by Lenovo. As well as Stand, Hold and Tilt modes, the Yoga Tablet 2 adds a ‘Hang’ mode, …

Maxin10sity Takes Projection Mapping Crown

by Super User

Maxin10sity recently mapped a massive projection onto the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, to celebrate the city’s 555th anniversary. 104 projectors (Panasonic’s 3DLP PT-DZ21K) were used as part of the largest videomapping …

EE Chooses HbbTV for UK Service

by Super User

UK telco EE has launched an HbbTV service, EE TV, which is free to existing broadband/landline packages or

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