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Barco 4K DLP L/P Unit is Quiet

by Bob Raikes

To complete its offer for the fixed installation market, Barco is extending its F-series platform with a flexible new projector, the F80. Billed as “the silent” F”, it brings three powerful assets to museums …

2017 SID Vehicle Displays Exhibition

by Ken Werner

The exhibition at the 2017 Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Sympsium, held Sept. 26 and 27, 2017 in Livonia, Michigan, consisted of 73 tabletops, up from 61 last year. Given the growth of symposium, the …

Does C3Nano Have the Technology that Will Kill ITO?

by Ken Werner

The last time we took a serious look at technologies for replacing ITO in transparent conductors, Cambrios was the leading purveyor of silver nanowires (AgNWs). Cambrios was battling metal mesh technology to see who …

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Samsung Develops Sensitive X-Ray Detector Material

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has developed a new X-Ray detector material that is said to be 20 times more sensitive than existing detectors and is based on perovskite material as well as being cheaper than existing materials. …

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Samsung Considering MicroLED for TV

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Herald reports that Samsung is accelerating its development of TVs based on microLED as its QLED TVs continue to struggle against OLED in the market. A move to microLED would also provide …

Worldwide PC Shipments Drop 3.6% in Third Quarter

by Alan Spencer

According to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments reached 67 million units in the third quarter of this year, which is a 3.6% fall from the previous quarter. This is now the 12th consecutive quarter of …

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TCL Communications Sells Off Half of Its Business

by Andrew Fenn

A year after its privatisation and less than a year after its manufacturing deal with BlackBerry, TCL Corp has announced it will sell 49% of its smartphone unit shares to three strategic investors for …

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Detachable Google Pixelbook On the Way?

by Andrew Fenn

Having recently announced the new Pixelbook, a 10mm-thick 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrid with a 12.3″ 360° foldable touch screen and on-board Google Assistant, Google has also placed orders for a detachable model, according to Digitimes. …

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Digitimes Research Predicts 2-5% CAGR for LED Production Value

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research has published new figures, estimating that global production value for high-brightness LED chips will grow 2-5% year-on-year between 2018 and 2022. The prediction is based on the industry’s value in 2017, which …

Apple Tours the World in Support of AR

by Norbert Hildebrand

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple has been supporting AR and the release of the ARKit through many CEO interviews with news outlets and analysts around the globe. The latest was with the UK-based Independent …

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No Negatives from LED Li-Fi

by Bob Raikes

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that using LEDs to transmit data (using either on-off keying or modulating brightness by a small degree) do not have an impact on the use of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Li-Fi| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

New Kindle is Waterproof

by Bob Raikes

Although Amazon didn’t mention the Kindle when it recently updated its Echo line, the company is still developing the eBook range and has updated the top of the range Kindle Oasis. The new version …

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