NASSAU, BAHAMAS—As part of a massive four-year revitalization project to upgrade and expand its port system, Nassau’s international cruise gateway Nassau Cruise Port (NCP) added two LED video displays to the highly trafficked port area. Now the second-busiest cruise port in the world, the enhanced NCP can accommodate up to six cruise vessels, including three of the world’s largest Oasis-class vessels simultaneously ― a daily capacity of 30,000 visitors. Both of the new large-format LED displays were built from SNA Displays&rsquo...

Transaction will allow Wolfspeed to focus on U.S. capacity expansion to support silicon carbide power device and materials businesses DURHAM, N.C. August 22, 2023 -- Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF) today announced that Wolfspeed has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its radio frequency business (Wolfspeed RF) to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTSI) for approximately $75 million in cash, subject to a customary purchase price adjustment, and 711,528 shares of MACOM common stock, valued at $50 million based on the 30 tr...

The focus of many legends and sagas, Istanbul’s Maiden’s Tower is the most iconic and important building for the city’s inhabitants, with a long history stretching back beyond 1423 when it first received its name. During its complete renovation, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism commissioned contractors ASTEL to conduct an international competition for a light show that should highlight the Tower, be widely seen around Istanbul and run fully-automated every night. The contract was won by Martin Kuhn of MKLD Lighting Design & C...

Tata Tea Premium, the flagship brand of Tata Tea, partnered with Laqshya Media Group to adopt 3D anamorphic displays in its "Desh Ke Dhaage" DOOH campaign, according to a press release. Desh Ke Dhaage (देश के धागे), Hindi for "country threads" according to Google Translate, is a campaign designed to celebrate Indian handlooms via digital content and special edition tea packs. The campaign ran through Aug. 17, centered at DLF Cyberhub in Gurugram, celebrating handloom traditions including Banarasi Silk from Uttar Pradesh,...

August 22, 2023. Votion Studios, a technology-driven creative agency in Hong Kong, incubated by Vobile Group in 2021, has launched a new, world-class virtual production studio that centres around an AOTO LED display powered by industry-leading LED video processing from Brompton Technology. As one of Hong Kong's foremost XR and VP studios, Votion combines a strategic fusion of cutting-edge technologies and collaborative alliances to provide content creators with a first-class solution that spans the entire production cycle. The studio’s expertise ex...

AUSTIN, Texas (Aug. 22, 2023)—Fluence, a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, announced today its award-winning rebate program has helped growers secure more than $26 million in rebates and incentives since 2017. Fluence’s dedicated in-house rebate experts offer rebate and incentive management to all Fluence customers at no additional cost, including customers through the Fluence partner network. The team’s experience with utility companies across North America helps mitigate t...

Munich, 21 August 2023 – We are pleased to announce that three more manufacturers of microcontrollers and Arduino-compatible LED driver and development boards have joined the industry alliance: AutoChips, Zhixin Semiconductor and Hebatronic. As a result, the open industry alliance now has more than fifty members, covering the entire automotive lighting value chain. “We are pleased that the ISELED Alliance network continues to grow with the addition of three new members,” says Robert Kraus, CEO of Inova Semiconductors and Chairman of the I...

Outstanding accolades solidify TCL's position at the forefront of innovative display technology. PARIS, Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL, a world's top two TV brand and top one 98-inch TV brand, today announces exceptional honors obtained at the EISA Awards. Recognized as Europe's foremost authority on audio-visual innovation, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) has awarded TCL three distinguished awards, recognizing TCL's dedication to pushing the boundaries of display technology. For its breakthr...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Valley-based automotive radar startup, Altos Radar, has raised $3.5 million in seed round funding that will fast-track the commercialization of 4D imaging radars in driver-assisted and autonomous vehicles. The funding, led by Hesai Technology CEO David (Yifan) Li, ZhenFund and Monad Ventures, will be used to mass-produce and market Altos Radar's new high-performance 4D imaging RADAR Altos V1, which demonstrates revolutionary perception capabilities at a fraction of the cost of its competito...

Vishay's new optical sensor packs a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) and a silicon phototransistor in a 1.85 mm x 1.2 mm x 0.6 mm package. Showing that big advancements can come in small packages, Vishay Intertechnology has introduced a new reflective optical sensor for a slew of applications. The new sensor builds on Vishay’s existing optoelectronics portfolio to offer designers a new option with critical performance and size improvements over previous generations. The VCNT2030 offers a performance boost over previous generations in a smaller de...

Acer has started selling the Predator X32Q FS in China. Equipped with a 32-inch IPS panel, the Predator X32Q FS has a 4K resolution, a 150 Hz refresh rate and 1,152 Mini LED local dimming zones, among other features. The Predator X32Q FS builds on last year's Predator X32 FP. (Image source: Acer) Acer has started selling the Predator X32Q FS in China, a newer alternative to the Predator X32 FP that the company introduced last year during CES 2022. As its name suggests, the Predator X32Q FS has a 32-inch display, which remains an...

While we’re used to finding ultra-expensive luxury speakers, amps and so on in the hi-fi world, the TV world is typically relatively mainstream with the range of options it offers. Or it was until Micro LED technology came along. These exciting new displays have been a dazzling but frankly both impractical and unaffordable staple of technology shows for years now - but recent evidence suggests that it’s finally trying to break out into the consumer marketplace. A few weeks back I reported on the launch of the C Seed N1: A mindblowing outdoor Micro LED displa...

Results published in Nature Electronics unlock the potential of thin-film sensors in infrared imaging LEUVEN (Belgium), 14 August, 2023—Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents the successful integration of a pinned photodiode structure in thin-film image sensors. With the addition of a pinned-photogate and a transfer gate, the superior absorption qualities of thin-film imagers -beyond one µm wavelength- can finally be exploited, unlocking the potential of sensing light beyond the visible in a cost-effi...

The 4K display, which was installed at Global E&C’s Challenge Centre by PCL Live, is saving the engineering, procurement and construction provider thousands of pounds in electricity costs. PCL Live has installed a 162” 4K LED Leyard Europe display at engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) provider Global E&C’s Challenge Centre. The AV company, which is based in north-east Scotland, opted to replace the existing LCD wall with an interactive, direct-view, all-in-one display with touchscreen functionality. The ...

Wolverhampton City Council’s urban traffic control centre (UTC) has been fitted with the latest in video wall display and controller technology thanks to a collaboration involving SWARCO, Intech Solutions and Ultimate Visual Solutions (UVS). Based on their previous work for the city council, Intech Solutions were asked to provide a new video wall solution for the UTC, which needed to incorporate the latest technology and provide new functionality to allow multiple data sources, in addition to CCTV images, to be displayed alongside each other. Due...

SAN DIEGO--Saphlux today demonstrated an industry leading 0.39” full-color micro-LED display (T1-0.39 RGB) that will enable virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) manufacturers to create true outdoor-compatible brightness and high-resolution display systems with color rich image quality (Figure 1). Figure 1: Prototype T1-0.39 NPQD® RGB Light Engine “Light engines offering wide ranges of brightness, contrast, and color i.e., high dynamic range (HDR) within the power, thermal, and form-factor constraints is the biggest challen...

Apple is testing Micro LED displays near its California headquarters Apple is covertly working on a self-manufactured display for its devices at a small manufacturing unit near its California headquarter. This is the first time when iPhone maker is designing the screens, the company is producing a small number of displays for the testing purpose. According to the reports revealed by anonymous people, Apple is putting a lot of money on the development of Micro LED screens, the tech giant working hard to come up with the next generations screens. The project was kicked...

The debut of Apple's first car later this decade is expected to be a turning point in the automotive industry, as the technology company would turn from friend to foe for traditional carmakers. Its technology could fuel a new revolution in the auto world, as carmakers will likely follow in its footsteps and adopt similar ideas in their future models. One could be microLED technology, with new research published by TrendForce suggesting that displays based on this concept would become widely adopted in the automotive industry in the second half of the decade. Apple...

Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced the opening of its biggest LED lighting manufacturing site in the world in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China. The new factory of Signify's joint venture company Zhejiang Klite Lighting Holdings Co., Ltd (“Klite”) will manufacture high-quality branded LED lighting products, including for the Philips brand, for China and the global market. Fully operational by the end of this year with 192 production lines, the 200,000-square meter facili...

Recent developments surrounding Google's next-gen AR wearable device have been one thrilling roller coaster ride. It was reported that Google canceled its plans to launch a pair of smart glasses under Project Iris. However, a new job listing suggested the company may still have interest in developing its augmented reality glasses, which will even come equipped with an advanced micro-LED panel. At the end of June, Business Insider cited insider sources that Google performed a significant restructuring of its AR roadmap, which involved abandoning the successor to G...

Suresnes, France – August 1st, 2023 – The latest innovative additions to the Philips Ultinon Drive 5100 series of LED auxiliary lights are designed to bring more intense and broader illumination for great visibility. These new lamps combine powerful brightness with a rugged design and are 100% road-legal in Europe. Precision engineered by leading automotive lighting supplier Lumileds, the Philips Ultinon Drive 5100 series provides enhanced brightness for cars and trucks on and off-road. Philips UD5101R: drivers can spot hazards up to 552 meters away! T...

Absen, the global leading LED display solutions and service provider with 22 years professional experience, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Yealink, a provider of unified communication and collaboration solutions specializing in video conferencing, voice communications, and collaboration. Absen and Yealink are collaborating on conference equipment. Absen and Yealink will jointly develop solution in conference scenario globally. This joint solution combines Yealink's leading Microsoft Teams Room solution with Absen's professional LED smart screen develo...

Samsung Display believes that LEDoS (or micro-LED) will replace OLEDoS (or micro-OLED) in future AR headsets. LG Display agrees but sees a bright future for OLEDoS in VR headsets. Next year's launch of the Apple Vision Pro is expected to kickstart OLEDoS production, meaning OLED displays produced on silicon wafers – like microchips – for very high pixel density, which is why they are also referred to as micro-OLED. At the Deep Tech Forum hosted by Korean TheElec in July, LG Display said that OLEDoS is most l...

Now that Samsung is done launching all its high-end phones for this year, it's time to move on to the next significant upgrade. The Galaxy S24 series is expected to go official in February 2024, and some of its features have leaked already. A new rumor claims that the Galaxy S24 Ultra is getting an upgraded display and an improved camera. Galaxy S24 Ultra could have an improved OLED screen According to reliable tipster Ice Universe (@UniverseIce), the Galaxy S24 Ultra will feature an upgraded display. While the tipster didn't reveal the exact upgrade,...

The eye-catching structure has been raised at the Thomas Park junction as part of a Smart City project to develop model roads, senior officials here said. COIMBATORE: A nearly 11-m high metallic steel tower topped with a curved LED screen -- dubbed as 'Media Tree' -- has been erected in the city's posh Race Course Road area to disseminate public information and double up as an entertainment platform. The eye-catching structure has been raised at the Thomas Park junction as part of a Smart City project to develop model roads, senior officials h...

Innovusion, the LiDAR supplier for electric vehicle manufacturer NIO, is making plans for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has disclosed that Innovusion is considering listing up to 21,382,252 ordinary shares on the Nasdaq exchange. This move comes as the CSRC continues to exercise increased oversight on Chinese companies’ US listings following incidents like the Luckin Coffee financial scandal and Didi’s listing disaster. Founded in 2016, Innovusion has a stro...

Connected LEDs can offer significant energy-efficiency benefits In several ways, Australia is at the coalface of the climate crisis. Australia’s coal industry plays an outsized role in the economy, employing 46,000 people and generating over 50% of the country’s electricity. The country is now dealing with the effects of this fossil fuel. Australia’s average temperature has increased by over 1.47°C since 1910, and extreme weather events—including wildfires, flooding, and drought—have all increased in recent decades. On the positive side...

  PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in optical sensing, today announced that it has shipped more than 200 billion vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser (VCSEL) emitters to date for sensing. “In 2013, we began working on two-dimensional VCSEL arrays for 3D sensing in smart phones,” said Dr. Giovanni Barbarossa, Coherent Chief Strategy Officer and President, Materials Segment. “We scaled our production capabilities from 3-inch to 6-...

The new curved, HDR-capable display will enhance in-stadium experiences for all Gillette Stadium fans including those attending New England Revolution and New England Patriots games                                                                                                                   ...

New LG MAGNIT All-in-One Features Sleek Design With a Premium Micro LED Screen, Built-in Speaker and Embedded Controller SEOUL, Aug. 10, 2023 — LG Electronics (LG) announces the launch of its new Micro LED signage solution, the LG MAGNIT All-in-One (model LAAA). Ideal for corporate meeting rooms, the impressive 136-inch model combines a premium screen featuring LG’s advanced Micro LED technology and a 1.56-millimeter pixel pitch with a built-in controller and speaker. Along with outstanding picture quality, LG ...