Siggraph to showcase emerging tech
Siggraph 2009's Emerging Technologies presents innovative technologies and applications in many fields including alternative displays, robotics, input interfaces, gaming, audio, haptics/VR, and experimental sensory experiences, reports Earth Times.
Presented in a combination of curated demonstrations and juried interactive installations, a minimum of 29 of the more than 100 international juried submissions were selected and will be on display and available for interaction with attendees in New Orleans from 3 to 7 August.
“These installations showcase how technology and computer graphics might soon be enhancing the average person's everyday work and life,” stated Manabu Sakurai, Siggraph 2009 emerging technologies chair.
Motorola in 4G wireless race
More pieces of the emerging 4G wireless puzzle are being revealed this week at the LTE World Summit 2009 in Berlin, states InformationWeek.
Motorola unveiled its self-configuring Long Term Evolution, or LTE, wireless infrastructure solution, while CEVA and Aricent demonstrated a LTE PHY handset platform.
With LTE scheduled to make its major US debut late this year by Verizon Wireless, the Motorola infrastructure solution will be available to all carriers as they race to implement the new generation of mobile wireless deployment.
Micron turns to tiny displays
Memory chipmaker Micron Technology is being buffeted by price swings in the low-margin computer memory market. So the company is turning to a healthier sector of the tech field for future growth - tiny projectors that may one day enlarge the text and graphics users consume on ever-more sophisticated smartphones, writes BusinessWeek.
On 20 May Micron plans to announce its acquisition of DisplayTech, which makes small display screens used as viewfinders in digital cameras and other products, for an undisclosed amount.
The deal would get Micron into the business of building miniature screens and tiny projectors that within a few years could begin showing up in wireless phones and other consumer electronics devices, the companies say. Micron closed the deal last week.
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