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Supplier Chosen for Lenovo Wearable

by Raverstead

Lenovo will begin to produce wearable devices ‘soon’, say Asian sources. Fenda 295, in China, says that it has been chosen by Lenovo as a supplier for the vendor’s 301. Sina.com claims that the …

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Roll-to-Roll Printed TFT Backplanes

by Raverstead

The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference included an interesting presentation by Prof. Gyoujin Cho, of Sunchon National University, Korea entitled, Fully Roll-to-Roll (R2R) Gravure Printed TFT Backplanes for Signage and Sensors. In describing his presentation …

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Eizo Upgrades Medical Display With New Backlight

by Raverstead

Eizo’s new medical monitor, the RadiForce MX242W, is an upgrade to the MX241W. Now featuring an LED backlight with a long (15,000-hour) lifetime, the unit is multi-modal; it can be used in applications including …

Thinkware Releases iNavi X1 – Augmented Reality Extreme

by Raverstead

The Korean based company Thinkware, better known under its iNavi brand, has released the iNavi X1 navigation display solution that includes a full 3D map enabling an advanced navigation system. The system was shown …

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JCDecaux Plans Wave-Like Billboard

by Raverstead

A new billboard is being designed for JCDecaux by designer Zaha Hadid, and is to be installed on the south side of West Cromwell Road in London. The sign will use a digital screen, …

Roku Lead Narrows, Apple TV Loses to Chromecast

by Raverstead

Sales of Google’s Chromecast streaming media stick surpassed the Apple TV in Q1-Q3’14 – although Roku devices still lead. Chromecast sales were not counted in 2013, but were comfortably ahead of the ageing Apple …

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Metz Named as Quality Brand of 2014

by Raverstead

Metz has been named as ‘Quality TV Brand of 2014’ by Testberichte.de, in Germany. The company’s TVs consistently scored above-average in tests, leading to the award – for the third time in three years. …

TCCM Takes BenQ to CEE

by Raverstead

BenQ smartphones are now being distributed across the Central & Eastern Europe region by TCCM.

Advances in Barrier Films and Encapsulation

by Raverstead

The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference featured an entire session on the important topic of Barrier Films and Encapsulation. Effective barrier films and encapsulation are a long-standing challenge for the production of long-lived devices including …

Flexible Displays Will Grow 900% in 2015

by Raverstead

The flexible display market (those that can be bent and folded when active, and are manufactured on flexible substrates and/or using flexible processes) will grow 900% next year, compared to 2014. Charles Annis of …

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Third Platform Will Dominate ICT Growth in 2015

by Raverstead

We recently ‘attended’ a webinar by IDC, covering the company’s prediction for the ‘third platform’. The third platform consists of 21st century technologies such as big data, mobile, the cloud and the internet of …

Kenya Announces ASO Dates

by Raverstead

We knew that Kenya wanted its analogue switch-off to go ahead soon (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 47), after several delays (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 50 and Vol 20 No 48). The Ministry …

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