| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Cheap and nearly unbreakable screens come into view with new manufacturing process. | | | By Kevin Bullis, MIT Technology Review | | | This fall, rumor has it, Apple will start selling iPhones with a sapphire screen that is just about impossible to scratch. The supposed supplier of that sapphire, GT Advanced Technologies, can't confirm as much. But this week the company showed me a new manufacturing process that produces inexpensive sheets of sapphire roughly half as thick as a human hair, making it possible to add a tough layer of sapphire to just about any smartphone or tablet screen relatively cheaply. More»
Why This Matters: So interesting if you like materials and factory equipment. The machine is called an ion accelerator, and can make fine sheets of other costly materials too, so the article says it could also lead to better and cheaper electronics and solar cells. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Comcast Confessions: Why the cable guy is always late | | | By Adrianne Jeffries, The Verge | | | More than 100 Comcast employees spoke to The Verge about life inside the nation's largest cable and broadband company. More»
Why This Matters: "We don't have the manpower to solve the problems we've created ourselves." Represent! You'll nod with understanding as you read these candid stories from Comcast service techs, and you'll know what's below the tip of each iceberg. This is service. Or lack of same. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Event September 6: Immersive Sound: From Production to Playback | | | Via Mix Magazine | | | Immersive sound—Taking Hollywood by storm and rapidly spreading around the world, Advanced surround sound formats are impressing audiences with fully enveloping, more natural sound environments for cinema and home theaters. More»
Why This Matters: This high end event at Sony Pictures in Culver City is going to be a must-attend for anyone involved with immersive sound. Just the opportunity to see and hear the state-of-the-art theaters on the Sony lot is a treat. The day-long event is co-sponsored by NewBay, Sony, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Motion Picture Sound Editors, with programming created by Mix Magazine, so the networking and educational value will be high as well. There will be in-theater demos of DTS, Dolby Atmos, and Auro 3D among others. –Cynthia Wisehart |
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