Sigma L Mount 45mm f2.8, 14-24mm f2.8 also for E Mount

Posted by – October 2, 2019

Sigma 45mm F2.8 DG DN is a lightweight, compact, standard prime lens for full-frame Panasonic, Leica and Sony mirrorless cameras on L-mount and E-mount. The lens is just 46mm (1.8″) long and weighs 215g (7.6oz), but still has a metal lens barrel and weather-sealing. It contains eight elements, a seven-blade aperture and 24cm (9.4″) minimum focus distance. The 45mm has an aperture ringshipping and priced at $559 USD.

The Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN Art lens is a wide-angle zoom with high resolution for full-frame mirrorless cameras by Panasonic, Leica and Sony under the L Mount and E Mount. High-resolution image quality developed with exclusive low dispersion glass elements and NPC (Nano Porous Coating) substantial functions enable user confidence, even in tough environments, rear filter holder as a standard accessory.

$439 DJI Ronin-SC gimbal stabilizer

Posted by – October 2, 2019

DJI Ronin-SC ($439 at https://amzn.to/3576gwA) Stabilizer 3-Axis Gimbal for Mirrorless Camera Handheld Stabiliser Compatible with Sony Panasonic Lumix Nikon Canon, up to 2kg payload. Magnesium and aluminum construction, along with high-strength composite materials provide robust performance at just 1.1 kg. Ronin-SC supports a wide range of cameras and lenses tested to support a payload of 2.0 kg while still achieving a smooth, cinematic shot. Supports Panorama, Timelapse, Motionlapse, Motion Control, ActiveTrack using a smartphone mounted above the camera and the Ronin app.

Kirin 990, World’s first 5G SoC with NSA/SA, 7nm UEV+, 10 billion transistors with Arm Mali-G76 MC16

Posted by – October 2, 2019

Kirin 990 5G is world’s 1st Flagship 5G SoC powered with 7nm+ EUV with Arm Mali-G76 MC16 GPU, over 10 billion transistors, supports NSA/SA (Non-Standalone and Standalone) architectures simultaneously, compatible with all different bands and frequencies of 4G and 5G, connects with 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G, Kirin 990 5G reaches 5G peak download rate, In Sub-6GHz band, the theoretical peak download speed can reach 2.3 Gbps and the theoretical peak upload speed can reach 1.25 Gbps, designed in three levels of efficiency, the Kirin 990 Series achieves great improvement in overall performance and energy efficiency. HUAWEI’s self-developed Da Vinci architecture NPU features a Big-Core plus ultra-low consumption Tiny-Core contributing to a boost in AI performance. In AI face recognition, the efficiency of NPU Tiny-Core can be enhanced up to 24x than the Big-Core. The ISP is enhanced by 15% using BM3D hardware-level noise reduction capable of producing vivid photos of natural views, city architectures and night shot, real-time video segmenting and rendering using its stable video processing capability architecture elevates outstanding performance and great energy efficiency. UFS 3.0 for fastest mobile device data transfer speed.

Hisense Gorenje ConnectLife Smart Home Demo

Posted by – October 2, 2019
Category: IFA, Exclusive video

Gorenje is now part of Hisense, presents their ConnectLife Smart Home demonstration, with smart appliances showing how users can interact with Gorenje products and services to simplify their daily chores, the ConnectLife platform features advanced digital consumer services and solutions, suitable for the new range of connected as well as not connected Gorenje appliances across all product categories entering the world of intelligent appliances and artificial intelligence.

DJI Osmo Mobile 3, Foldable Smartphone Gimbal, Sports Mode, supports larger phones up to 3.5″ wide

Posted by – October 1, 2019
Category: IFA, Exclusive video

DJI Osmo Mobile 3 Handheld Smartphone Foldable Gimbal ($139 at https://amzn.to/2oRgKj0) captures Stabilized Handheld Footage with a smartphone, features redesigned handle & ports, Folds down for Storage, Hand Gesture Control, Shape Recognition, carries over most of the features from the previous Osmo Mobile, it’s lighter, controlled with the DJI Mimo app for iOS or Android, it supports larger smartphones, features a new Sport mode, supports Bluetooth 5.0, the ports are all accessible when charging, the handheld experience has been made much more comfortable and accessible at a 15° angle, mounts any smartphone up to 3.5″ wide in its phone cradle.

$139 Zhiyun Smooth Q2, Weebill Lab, Crane M2 for smartphone, action camera, mirrorless like a6000

Posted by – October 1, 2019
Category: IFA, Exclusive video

Zhiyun Smooth Q2 is the small size smartphone gimbal launched on Kickstarter, as a “truly pocket-size” gimbal it can slip inside a coat or pant pocket, quick release spring-loaded clip to detach smartphone quickly without unbalancing the gimbal, connect via Bluetooth and control smartphone’s native camera app directly, using the ZP Play app for advanced feature like object tracking, 16 hours of battery, time lapses support, vortex mode.

Metz Skyworth 120″ 8K LCD, 88″ 8K OLED, 4K S9A OLED, Topas 4K LCD, Fineo 4K LCD

Posted by – October 1, 2019

Metz is a Skyworth company since 2014, showing an 8K 120″ LCD made from 1 piece of LCD glass weighing 250kg. They also show an 8K 88″ OLED. Metz 55S9A and 65S9A is a 4K OLED with fine tuned front facing speaker 1599€ for 55″ and 2499€ for 65″. Metz also has a mid-range Topas LCD in 4 sizes from 43″ at 699€ to 65″ at 1299€ with nice sound starting. The Metz blue brand runs Android TV OS, multi tuner at middle price and the Metz classic brand is at the premium price range with German final assembly with fine-tuned German front facing audio and other finishings such as built-in hard drive dual channel 1TB DVR recording, bluetooth, nice remote controller of the TV made in Germany. Metz Fineo 43″ and Fineo 49″ with 112 and 160 local dimming included. Metz is selling mostly in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. They also sell in Italy, Spain, planning to start up selling more in other countries in Europe. They sell at specialized dealers retail stores only not online, with long term support.

$99 Logitech MX Master 3, MX Keyboard

Posted by – September 30, 2019
Category: IFA, Exclusive video

Logitech introduces the new MX Master 3 and MX Keyboard. The MX Master 3 MagSpeed Electromagnetic scrolling is precise enough to stop on a pixel and quick enough to scroll 1,000 lines in a second silently. The wheel’s machined steel gives it a premium tactility and enough weight to offer a dynamic inertia that can be felt but not heard. MX Master 3 can be customized and configured with app-based customization for any specific workflow. It has predefined customizations optimized for apps such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. MX Master 3 is faster and 5x more precise than a basic mouse. Logitech Darkfield Tracking allows tracking on virtually any surface – even glass, with best-in-class 4000 DPI precision performance.

Amazfit Stratos 3 Smartwatch, Amazfit GTS with AMOLED, Amazfit X concept watch

Posted by – September 28, 2019

Huami Technology unveils the Amazfit Smart Sports Watch 3 (Amazfit Stratos 3), focusing on professional sports function, with improvements over Amazfit Smart Sports Watch 2S, featuring a 1.34″ Full Moon Display full circular reflector screen made by JDI, ideal for outdoor use, NFC, surrounded by 3.6L stainless steel with four physical buttons around the dial to allowing the user to operate as well as the touch screen too. With multiple sensors, using two master chips and two operating systems in smart mode and long-range Ultra mode on the Amazfit Smart Sports Watch 3 (Amazfit Stratos 3) can provide 7 to 14 days of battery. With 19 different motion modes, to accurately measure with the built-in BioTracker heart rate sensor, low-power Sony GNSS chip supports four positioning systems: GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and Galileo, continuous GPS positioning can reach 70 hours on the battery, enough for most professional outdoor sports usage.

Amazfit GTS 1.65 inch AMOLED with 341ppi pixel density with 100% NTSC gamut, ultra-high color saturation, real and vivid display, combined with transparent 2.5D arc glass, 9.4mm screen thickness, thinner than Apple Watch, over-the-horizon screen, available in six colors to choose from, supports 12 motion modes and GPS+GLONASSS binary positioning. 50 meters deep waterproof performance.

$999 Samsung Galaxy Book S on Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx

Posted by – September 28, 2019

Samsung use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx ARM processor on 7nm system-on-a-chip (40% faster CPU, 80% faster GPU compared to Galaxy Book 2), runs Windows 10, with 23 hours of battery, gigabit LTE, always on, always connected, touch-to-wake, instant-on feature, 0.96kg weight, 13.3″ 1080p, multi-touch display (10 points), 1TB SSD, AKG stereo sound with Dolby Atmos support, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, MicroSD slot, 720p front-facing camera, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C port, and Windows Hello sign-in via a fingerprint sensor. The laptop’s dimensions are 305.2×203.2×6.2-11.8 mm.

$859 Onyx BOOX Max3, 13.3″ 490gr E Ink e-reader

Posted by – September 13, 2019
Category: IFA, Onyx, Exclusive video

BOOX Max3 13.3″ E Ink Tablet available now for $859 at https://shop.boox.com/products/boox-max3?afmc=2a&utm_campaign=2a&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate uses a Qualcomm Octa-Core CPU, 4GB RAM, runs Android 9, runs Apps, 2200×1650 resolution display, 4300 mAh battery, offers fingerprint authentication for security, with a 10% weight reduction (compared with Max 2) and 10% size reduction too, power button on the top after customers‘ feedback, flat screen using a PMMA filter will provide a friction-feeling such as the one we have when writing on paper, 64GB internal storage, MicroSD card reader for up to 512GB extra storage, synchronizing notes with the cloud (Dropbox, Evernote, OneNote) and a fast QR code fast doc sharing, Type-C port with OTG which can be used to connect a keyboard and mouse (which can be done over Bluetooth too) micro HDMI input to use as secondary device for a laptop or other device source. Max3 supports gray tones besides the black and white, split the screen showing 2 different files at the same time or 2 different pages of the same file, handwriting and speech recognition using the dual Mic rophones for a better speech recognition and an improved recognition of your handwritten notes and 5GHz WiFi too.

DeLonghi Maestosa Coffee Maker, La Specialista espresso machine

Posted by – September 13, 2019
Category: IFA, Exclusive video

Maestosa fully automatic coffee machine with Adaptive Grinding Technology for precise electronic grinding, choise of coffee blend from 2 bean containers, Creamy milk foam with automatic LatteCrema System and 2 milk-based beverages at the same time thanks to the double outlet of the milk carafe to Create new recipes, customize aroma and quantity, manage profiles via display & Coffee Link App, Advanced personalisation: 6 fully customisable user profiles, Create unique beverages with Mix carafe, which includes interchangeable stirrers to prepare creamy hot chocolate or to froth a light, creamy cold coffee or milk foam. Intuitive interface and functionality with the full touch 5” colour TFT display. The 2 positiong swivelling panel ensures superior interaction. The Tubeless System reduces the amount of coffee powder left inside the grinders to a minimum so only newly ground coffee is used to brew your espresso. 2 Independent heating systems for ideal temperature control: 1 Thermoblock dedicated to coffee brewing and 1 heating system dedicated to milk preparation, both work simultaneously. And at 24:31 is La Specialista pump espresso machine to Have coffee made to perfection with just the right amount of coffee dose thanks to the Sensor Grinding Technology, Craft flavoursome and well-balanced Espresso and coffee beverages, after grinding, tamp directly in the filter holder by simply pushing the lever down, Two independent heating system for coffee and milk, Froth smooth milk-based beverages with Advanced Latte System.

$249 Saramonic Blink 500 B2 review test, dual lav wireless transmitters to receiver with Solectric

Posted by – September 11, 2019
Category: IFA, Exclusive video

Solectric is the European distributor for Saramonic, DJI, Makeblock, Bell.AI, Abilix, Photon and other other brands, here presenting all their latest educational programmable robots, here testing out and demonstrating the $249 Saramonic Blink 500 B2 dual wireless lavalier and wireless microphones to one 3.5mm mini jack receiver with mini jack, TRRS (mini jack for phones), Type-C or Lightning connector.

€100 Hisense A5 E Ink phone, 10 days battery, €250 A6L E Ink and LCD dual display

Posted by – September 11, 2019
Category: IFA, Exclusive video

Hisense shows their amazing new A5 E Ink Android phone with a 5.8″ E Ink HD+ display, to be sold around €100 or $100 in the near future, they have slightly modified and optimized Android for use with an E Ink display. They claim it can do 10 days of battery life depending on how much the front light is being used and how much the phone is used. It runs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 (or something like that, not sure which one exactly). Hisense also optimized Android for dual display, after the A6 which they released previously now they also have the A6L which is somewhat improved. Their swipe up from bottom left shows the “Flip to the other side” option that resumes the Android frame on the other display. I have filmed many E Ink phones 6 and 7 years ago here:




ULED XD vs OLED, 4K, 8K, Black Levels, Contrast, Colors, Quantum Dots, with Paul Gray, IHS Markit

Posted by – September 11, 2019

Paul Gray, display analyst at IHS Markit, offer us a state of the display industry overview, as Hisense shows their amazing 8K Dual Layer LCD technology, featuring Nanosys Quantum Dots for amazing color, amazing HDR performance, with potentially better performance, higher nits brigthness then OLED and potentially much cheaper. The Hisense 65″ Dual Layer LCD currently sells at about $2500 (less then 20,000rmb) in China. Pricing of these UPED XD could woon get much lower, with 75″ ULED XD 8K hopefully comming to the market at below $3000 next year.

European Research: Georgios Katalagarianakis talks about EU Commission funding Scientific Research

Posted by – August 21, 2019

Georgios Katalagarianakis graduated as mining and metallurgy engineer from the National Technical University of Athens in 1976. He obtained a diploma on mechanical engineering from the University of Thessaloniki in 1989 and a PhD degree from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in 1998.

He has worked for ten years in the underground mining industry and the mineral resources authority of Greece before joining the European Commission in 1989 as administrator. He has been responsible for European research in the fields of mining and metallurgy, recycling, construction and maintenance of buildings and civil infrastructure, tunnelling, industrial safety and ergonomics, use of nanomaterials in buildings, etc. He is currently responsible for research in the area of nanotechnology safety.

Dr. Georgios Katalagarianakis is one of the founders and greatest influencers of the EU NanoSafety Cluster (NSC). Dr. Gatalagarianakis retired from his role in the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and the NSC honoured and thanked him for his long and invaluable contribution to the nanotechnology and nanosafety scientific community. The ceremony took place during the NanoSafe 2018 conference, which took place in November 2018 in Grenoble, France.

The ceremony was hosted by The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), organised by the NSC Dissemination Group with the help of the Nanotechnology Industries Association and presented by Prof. Iseult Lynch of the University of Birmingham.

The NSC is an initiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), which sponsors large nanotechnology and nanosafety projects through its European Frameworks.

The EU NanoSafety Cluster maximises the synergies between European-level projects addressing the safety of materials and technologies enabled by the use of nanoforms. The studied aspects include toxicology, ecotoxicology, exposure assessment, mechanisms of interaction, risk assessment and standardisation.

Overall, Europe targets safe and sustainable nanomaterials and nanotechnology innovations. Cluster projects contribute to assuring environmental health and safety (EHS) of this Key Enabling Technology.

Filmed at the Nanotexnology Thessaloniki 2019 conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVkk_28NIQ0 all my videos from this conference to be in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7xXqJFxvYvix9ok53XbRC2bLJvaQhJDv (this playlist will eventually contain all 38 videos I filmed at the conference) coverage sponsored by HOPE-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G73p8mU-Zak Hellenic Organic and Printed Electronics Association and OET Organic Electronic Technologies (OET booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0a222HZNo0 OET beach demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o8X6LJx__Y) sponsored by the Cornet project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr4Z7oT0g-k (GA: 760949) which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Call NMBP-07-2017

Poster: Controlled clustering of iron oxide nanocubes for magnetic fluid hypothermia treatment

Posted by – August 21, 2019

At the Nanotexnology 2019 conference in Thessaloniki, many student posters are presenting their latest research and findings in the area of Nanotechnology. Sahitya Kumar Avugadda presents his poster presentation on the Controlled clustering of iron oxide nanocubes for magnetic fluid hypothermia treatment from the Italy Institute of at the University of Genova with Dina Niculaes and Aidin Lak in the group of Dr. Teresa Pellegrino.

Filmed at the Nanotexnology Thessaloniki 2019 conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVkk_28NIQ0 all my videos from this conference to be in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7xXqJFxvYvix9ok53XbRC2bLJvaQhJDv (this playlist will eventually contain all 38 videos I filmed at the conference) coverage sponsored by HOPE-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G73p8mU-Zak Hellenic Organic and Printed Electronics Association and OET Organic Electronic Technologies (OET booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0a222HZNo0 OET beach demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o8X6LJx__Y) sponsored by the Cornet project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr4Z7oT0g-k (GA: 760949) which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Call NMBP-07-2017

Geniatech Developer Board 8

Posted by – August 21, 2019

The Geniatech Developer Board 8 is a Snapdragon 820e based development board designed for commercial and industrial applications. The product features a Qualcomm Snapdradon 820e, 4gb lpddr4 ram, 64GB UFS 2.0,
1x 96boards 40 pin, 1x 96boards 60 pin, full sized HDMI and SD 3.0. The product can run Linux Debian, Linux OpenEmbedded and Android. The Developer Board 8 sells for $350.

Professor Yannis Missirlis talks Philosophy of Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, Biology and more

Posted by – August 14, 2019

Professor Yannis Missirlis was born in Samos-Greece (1946), graduated as Chemical Engineer from the NTUA (Athens-1969), received a M.Sc, (Syracuse-USA, 1971) and his Ph.D. from Rice University (Houston1973) in Biomedical Engineering. Prof. Missirlis served as an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at McMaster University (Canada,1974-1980) before joining the University of Patras in 1981, as a full Professor, directing since then the Laboratory of Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. Prof. Missirlis has served as Vice-Rector of the University (1986-1988), as a member of the European, and of the World Council of Biomechanics. He has coauthored a book on Biomaterials (2011), coedited 2 books on Protein Adsorption, and on Platelet interaction with Biomaterials, has published
80 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, and currently is active in the area of cell-material interactions, tissue engineering, biomechanics from nano-to macro.

Filmed at the Nanotexnology Thessaloniki 2019 conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVkk_28NIQ0 all my videos from this conference to be in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7xXqJFxvYvix9ok53XbRC2bLJvaQhJDv (this playlist will eventually contain all 38 videos I filmed at the conference) coverage sponsored by HOPE-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G73p8mU-Zak Hellenic Organic and Printed Electronics Association and OET Organic Electronic Technologies (OET booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0a222HZNo0 OET beach demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o8X6LJx__Y) sponsored by the Cornet project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr4Z7oT0g-k (GA: 760949) which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Call NMBP-07-2017

EDP Sciences Senior Publishing Editor Ariana Fuga: Physics & astronomy, engineering & technology…

Posted by – August 14, 2019

EDP Sciences https://www.edpsciences.org/en/ is an international publisher based in France and publishes high quality scientific journals, books and conference proceedings, partnering with the academic community since 1920, publishing journals on Physics & astronomy, engineering & technology, health sciences & dentistry, life sciences, chemistry, mathematics and computer science. It was founded in 1920 as La Société du Journal de Physique et Le Radium with founders among Société Française de Physique (French Physics Society) and several renowned scientists and industrialists including Louis de Broglie, Marie Curie, Paul Langevin and Louis Lumière. EDP Sciences Is owned by learned societies, is strongly involved in the Open Science movement. Is member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) (since June 2012) and Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (since 2003). Publishes around 32 Open Access journals and Open Access books and Open Access conference proceedings (Web of Conferences) Launched new Open Access megajournal compliant with the Open Science principals publishing Open Peer review: https://www.4open-sciences.org In 2020, EDP Science celebrates a century.

Official video cartoon on the EDP Sciences history:

Filmed at the Nanotexnology Thessaloniki 2019 conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVkk_28NIQ0 all my videos from this conference to be in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7xXqJFxvYvix9ok53XbRC2bLJvaQhJDv (this playlist will eventually contain all 38 videos I filmed at the conference) coverage sponsored by HOPE-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G73p8mU-Zak Hellenic Organic and Printed Electronics Association and OET Organic Electronic Technologies (OET booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0a222HZNo0 OET beach demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o8X6LJx__Y) sponsored by the Cornet project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr4Z7oT0g-k (GA: 760949) which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Call NMBP-07-2017