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Assistive-tech firms compete at OCE Discovery

Five up and coming Ontario assistive technology companies will compete for $20,000 in business development funding in Ontario Centres of Excellence’s Accessibility Tech Pitch competition, part of The Government of Ontario’s Accessibility Innovation Showcase at Discovery 2016 in Toronto next week. » Read full article

Wearable devices rise in enterprise, industrial environments

Wearables in enterprise and industrial environments continue to see high levels of interest and market momentum, as companies across a wide variety of industry sectors conduct trials and plan deployments with a diverse set of devices across multiple use cases, according to a new report from Tractica. » Read full article

Global use of facial recognition biometrics is growing

The global facial recognition biometrics in consumer electronics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 102% during the forecast period, according to an analysts forecast from global technology research firm Technavio. » Read full article

Low-cost 3D printer market to reach $4B in 2021

Revenues generated by the 3D printing/additive manufacturing sector will reach over $4.0 billion by 2021, with $2.3 billion coming from hardware and $1.7 billion in materials revenues, according to SmarTech Markets, supplier of industry analysis for the 3D printing/additive manufacturing sector. » Read full article

AMOLED growth a bright spot for display industry

Active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays are rising fast, thanks to lowering costs, wider use in end-market consumer electronics devices and the ramp-up of new manufacturing capacities. » Read full article

German firms host US president at Hannover Fair

Representing the largest industrial trade show in the world, with more than 5000 exhibitors and 250,000 attendees from more than 70 countries, the Hannover Fair in Germany was visited by a couple of special guests this week – making three German-based electronic suppliers excited hosts. » Read full article

IOCS opens first North American software dev centre in Montréal

IOCS – a global developer of multi-tenant, end-to-end e-commerce platform for the processing of complex agreements – has chosen Montréal to establish its first software development centre in North America. » Read full article

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The end of hardware?

The picture isn’t pretty. Whether it’s PCs, tablets, smart watches or now, even smartphones, the outlook for most major hardware device categories is not looking good, particularly in the US. The issue is that both consumers and businesses have already bought a lot of these devices. Plus, they’re hanging on to their purchases longer than they used to, and longer than many people originally thought they would. » read more