Vol 22 – Issue 19 – Page 9

Wider Still and Wider….

by Bob Raikes

Today, I’m writing this article using a new monitor that I have on loan from Samsung. The monitor (the SE790C ) is a 34″ 21:9 unit with 3440 x 1440 resolution and is curved. …

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Mood Sensing Patents – The New Frontier

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent news Microsoft and Apple were tapped as filing and receiving patents that describe mood or emotion sensing as part of the patents. Microsoft received a patent called “Wearable Emotion Detection Feedback System” …

GogglePal – Augmented reality for the Ski Slopes

by Norbert Hildebrand

Augmented reality glasses for sports have been on the market for quite some time and already have their share of market success. When it comes to skiing, Recon Instruments was the first and is …

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Light Emitting Paper Developed at Umeå University in Sweden

by Norbert Hildebrand

OLED development is a worldwide scientific undertaking. Asian countries lead in the manufacturing of OLED-based displays today, however material development as well as development of other light emitting technologies is widespread over the world. …

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CEA Reports an Uptick in Consumer Sentiment Towards Tech Spending

by Norbert Hildebrand

The CEA collects data about the sentiment of consumers in the USA towards the economic development as well as technology spending. These sentiment surveys are not looking at what happened in the past, but …

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IBM-Lenovo Deal was 10 Years Ago

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has marked the 10-year anniversary of its acquisition of IBM’s PC business. The move helped the company to evolve from a China-only PC maker to a global PC vendor. Lenovo celebrated the sale …

Light Polymers Removes Steps From Coating Production

by Tom Allen

US-based Light Polymers has developed a lyotropic liquid crystal material that can be used for coating LCD and OLED displays. The material, CF001, has flat dispersion of retardation and can be used for compensation …

Intel Creates New Technology Group

by Helen Vince

Intel is reported to have reorganised its mobile related operations to create a new technology group, which will incorporate the former New Devices group and a number of research and product development efforts. The …

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Pixelworks Result 06/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Pixelworks Inc.’s net profit in the first quarter was $14.4 million compared to $13.5 million in the first quarter of 2014, primarily driven by 35% growth in chip revenue and reflecting market share gains …

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Quantum Materials Raises $490,000

by Helen Vince

Quantum Materials says it has raised $490,000 of a planned $2 million round of financing, from five investors. The company said earlier this year that it wanted to increase its quantum dots production capacity …

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Microvision Result 06/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Microvision Inc. posted a first quarter net loss of $3.9 million on turnover of $901,000, compared with a net loss in the first three months of last year of $8 million on turnover of …

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Epson Leads March Projectors

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in March. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’ In the 4,000+ Lumen category, Sony had …