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By Chris Davies on Thursday, Apr 30th 2009 No CommentsScalable Multitouch display by Moto Labs [Video]
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Apr 29th 2009 No CommentsThe same research group responsible for the Android e-ink prototype have returned with a scalable multitouch system, offering the accuracy of the iPhone on a potential scale more akin to Microsoft’s Surface. Moto Labs’ multitouch display uses capacitive touch, via a grid of tiny wires that recognize points of contact from any number of fingers.
Video demo after the cut
Green OLED tech doubles light efficiency
By Chris Davies on Friday, Apr 3rd 2009 No Comments
Japanese OLED researchers have developed a green phosphor-based panel with twice the efficiency of existing OLEDs. The green OLED has light-extraction efficiency boosted to 56.9-percent, up to 210lm/W, and could be used in OLED displays and lighting.
Tokyoflash concept clocks want your opinion
By Chris Davies on Friday, Apr 3rd 2009 No CommentsAfter parading Bluetooth handsfree kits before us last month, Tokyoflash are back with a selection of concept clock designs that they’d like your opinion on. Nine designs are on offer, ranging from the melted to the high-rise, and the most-favored concepts will reach production.
NTT KTN lens “1,000x faster” than existing tech
By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Mar 31st 2009 No CommentsNTT have developed a variable focus lens that they claim is 1,000x faster than existing technology. The lens is based on KTN (potassium tantalate niobate), an “electro-optic crystal” the refractive indices of which varies depending on how much voltage is applied across its surface. By adjusting the voltage, the focal length varies.
Intel multi-gigabit wireless promises smaller, cheaper, faster
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Mar 25th 2009 No Comments
Intel researchers have developed a new digital conversion technique that, according to the company, will allow for cheaper and smaller radios capable of dealing with multi-Gbps data rates. In addition to increased accuracy over existing high-end DAC components, the new system makes no greater power demands.
The impact, Intel suggest, could be a new generation of smaller and more energy efficient mobile devices. These would be capable of gigabit wireless connections, used for wireless syncing, wireless display and high-speed wireless networking.
Intel SIMD Accelerator: better MID graphics, less power
By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Mar 18th 2009 No CommentsIntel have developed an ultracompact graphics accelerator for ultramobile devices, which could see future MIDs, UMPCs and netbooks render graphics faster and at higher quality. The system is a new breed of SIMD Accelerator (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) which executes multiple computing instructions simultaneously but is refined for ultramobile use.
Intel skin-cancer ID system boosts dermoscopy
By Chris Davies on Friday, Mar 13th 2009 No CommentsIntel has developed a system intended to make identifying possible cases of skin cancer more straightforward. Based on dermoscopy, a non-invasive method of differentiating between benign and malignant melanoma, the Intel system cross-matches images of skin lesions with others based on the similarity of case.
Intel Multi-Client Display Linking for an impromptu big-screen
By Chris Davies on Friday, Mar 6th 2009 No Comments
Intel researchers are developing a system whereby the screens of several mobile devices could be dynamically combined to create an impromptu, much larger display. Called Multi-Client Display Linking, the system would allow four notebooks to combine produce one large collaborative screen.
Triple-LCD setup boosts performance by over 35% claim researchers
By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 19th 2009 No CommentsWhile many people are still struggling to find the desk space (and money) for a dual-monitor setup, according to Fujitsu and the Fraunhofer IAO laboratory we should actually be squeezing three displays into our workspace if we want real performance improvements. Compared to users completing tasks on a single 19-inch LCD, those with three such screens linked together saw a 35.5-percent jump in efficiency.
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