“A Japanese consortium of 13 companies and institutions is working hard on developing super-thin, flexible LCDs. The companies claim they now have found a way to produce these LCDs by using plastic film instead of glass substrates.”
“Canon USA said Tuesday it has adopted an MPEG-2 FullHD (4:2:2) file-based recording codec planned for a new file-based professional video camera currently under development.”
“The high-profile launch by Apple last week of its long-rumored iPad tablet computing device highlights the real start of a new market segment for media tablets that according to analysts at ABI Research will see four million units shipped this year. By 2015, shipments are forecast to reach about 57 million annually.”
“A serious upgrade from the 8 or 9 viewing angle lenticular displays we saw at CES this year, the company claims it’s ready to refit regular displays for 3D and also assist in 2D-to-3D image conversion.”
“The Portugal-based company is trumpeting a new polymer film that can be stuck onto or just under glass, plastic or wood in order to transform a vanilla surface into one that responds to touch and airflow.”