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Microsoft Has A Wild Hologram That Translates HoloLens Keynotes Into Japanese

Microsoft has created a hologram that will transform someone into a digital speaker of another language. The digital version appeared onstage to translate the keynote into Japanese. Microsoft has used its Azure AI technologies and neural text-to-speech to make this possible.

International Business Times

Walmart Uses Virtual Reality To Test And Promote Employees

Walmart is now using virtual reality headsets to find out which set of its employees has the aptitude to take on managerial roles. The VR skills assessment is part of the company’s selection process to find new middle managers. Store workers who apply for a higher-paying management role are fitted with a virtual reality headset to help assess if they are the right candidate for the job.

Printed Electronics World

Red Wine May Hold The Key To Next-Gen Wearable Technology

A team of scientists are seeking to kick-start a wearable technology revolution by creating flexible fibres and adding acids from red wine. The addition of tannins improved mechanical properties of materials such as cotton to develop wearable sensors for rehabilitation monitoring, drastically increasing the devices lifespan.

Mashable

IBM Patents An Insane Smartwatch That Unfolds Into A Tablet!

The smartwatch starts off as a single-display wearable that can be flipped into a four-panel smartphone further unfolding into a four-panel tablet, all of this accommodated under a single smartwatch screen. With this over-the-top foldable smartwatch, IBM is already several steps ahead of Samsung and Huawei, in terms of foldable technology.

Tech Xplore

Smart Textiles Boost Connectivity Between Wearable Sensors By 1,000 Times

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have invented a completely new way for wearable devices to interconnect. They incorporated conductive textiles into clothing to dynamically connect several wearable devices at once. This "wireless body sensor network" allows devices to transmit data with 1,000 times stronger signal than conventional technologies, meaning the battery life of all devices is dramatically improved.

LEDinside

Taiwan-Based Research Team Develops Low-Temperature GaN Wafer Technology To Reduce Micro LED Production Cost

The team developed GaN thin film wafer under low temperature via an approach of high-energy physic. According to the researchers, the method would cost only one tenth of the current Micro LED production cost and could be applied for mass production. By combining data analysis and semiconductor manufacture process, the researchers aim to find innovative approaches for Micro LED technology.

Display Week 2020, June 7 -12 , at the San Francisco Moscone Convention Center. As the world's leading event focused on the advancement, growth and commercialization of electronic displays, it's the must-attend event of the year.

Date: June 20, 2017

Time: 6:00 pm Tuesday Evening

Location: Qualcomm, Building B Cafeteria

3165 Kifer Road,

Santa Clara, CA 95051

Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Waldren, Founder and CTO, Digilens Inc.

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2019 SID Election Results

Executive Board

Helge Seetzen

President

Takatoshi Tsujiumura

President-Elect

Achintya Bhowmik

Treasurer

John Kymissis

Secretary

Sri Peruvemba

Bay Area Regional VP

Adi Abileah

Pacific & So. Americas Regional VP

Mike Weaver

East Americas Regional VP

Paul Lacey

Europe Regional VP

Katsumi Kondo

Japan Regional VP

Xiaolin Yan

Cross Strait Regional VP

Jun Souk

Rest of Asia Regional VP

Yong-Seog Kim

Past-President

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