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A Novel Means of Wireless Charging is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

Consumers would clearly appreciate a better means to charge mobile electronic devices. Current technologies, such as charging pads and cables, are inconvenient and restrict device mobility. This issue is being addresses by a research …

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InContext Gets $15 million for VR in Retail

by Bob Raikes

InContext Solutions, a specialist in virtual reality (VR) solutions for retailers and manufacturers, announced the closing of a $15.2 million funding round, lead by Intel Capital and Beringea. The finance will be used for …

World’s First Virtual Music Venue

by Bob Raikes

Boiler Room, an online broadcast platform for dance music is working with Inception to develop VR-based 360º video of music performances. It will “bring people closer to what it’s like being at a sweaty …

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London to Get Wi-Fi Phone Boxes

by Bob Raikes

BT said that it will roll out in the UK new Link kiosks to provide services including UK landline, and mobile phone calls, mobile device charging and access to maps, directions and local services. …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 42

by Bob Raikes

KOE of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and a subsidiary of JDI, has a new 10.4″ 1024 x 768 module (TX26D203VM2BAA) with output of 1200cd/m² and with a claimed lifetime to half brightness of 70K hours. The …

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LG Display Result 26/10/2016

by Yvette Raikes

LG Display saw Q3 net profits of KRW190 billion ($167 million), down from KRW199 billion ($175 million) last year, on revenue which fell 6% to KRW6.7 trillion ($5.9 billion) from KRW7.2 trillion ($6.3 billion). …

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SES Boosts UHD TV in the US

by Bob Raikes

SES has done deals with the Insight TV UltraHD channel from TV Entertainment Reality Network (TERN) and with the Nature Relaxation 4K channel to be broadcast from the SES satellites (SES-1, SES-3 and AMC-18) …

Google Buys Eye-tracking Company Eyefluence

by Norbert Hildebrand

Eyefluence, a three year old technology start-up focusing on eye tracking technology, announced on their website that they will be joining Google. In other words, Google bought the technology company to add eye tracking …

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Xiaomi Adds VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

At its Mi Note 2 launch, Xiaomi also announced a new low cost VR headset with a motion tracker and a controller and designed to work with the firms’ smartphones (Mi Note 2, Mi …

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Samsung Tablet Has Pen Support

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab A, a 10.1″ tablet which can work with the Samsung S Pen. The display is a 1920 x 1200 LCD unit with anti-glare and a blue filter. The …

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AMD Posts Q3 Results

by Yvette Raikes

Due to debt redemption, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) reported Q3 net losses of $406 million, up on losses for the same period last year of $197 million, on turnover of $1.3 billion, up …

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Eutelsat has High Penetration in Italy

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat said that Italy has the highest average viewing time of linear TV in Europe at four hours and 40 minutes per day. The company claims that 8.4 million homes receive signals from Eutelsat’s …

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