Toyota’s Night-View aims to save pedestrians

Toyota have released a new model of  a Night-View equipped car, dubbed the ‘Crown Hybrid’.  The Night-View system uses a combination of low-light cameras and a database of pre-defined pedestrian shapes.  The software then compares the images that the cameras pick up against this database and any time a match is made, a yellow box […]

Sony XEL-1 not all its cracked up to be..

Sony’s latest OLED offering, the XEL-1, has been tested by research firm DisplaySearch.   After 1000 hours of constant playback they found the display had its overall luminance reduce between 7-13% - the blue luminance being the worst.  Considering this is new technology that probably doesnt come as much of a surprise but when Sony claim […]

FreeSat now live in the UK

The collaborative effort between BBC, ITV and other terrestrial channel providers has now come to fruition. FreeSat, the no-subscription satellite service is now live across 98% of the UK. Providing over 70 channels at the moment, including 3 high definition channels (BBC HD, ITV HD & Channel 4 HD) the service costs £80 to […]