LG Electronics has showcased its latest IoT-NTN (Internet of Things – Non-Terrestrial Networks) technology in a vehicle out on the streets of Paris. It features AI-powered voice compression. A live test featured the car equipped with the company’s IoT-NTN-based Telematics Control Units (TCUs). LG said it demonstrated uninterrupted, conversation-level voice communication switching between terrestrial and non-terrestrial network environments. “Our IoT-NTN ...
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Gadget Watch: LG’s AI and indoor garden appliance at CES 2025
Check this one out: it's from LG and was on show at the CES 2025 event earlier this month: a rather special, green speaker...
LG accredited for home appliance software functional safety
TÜV Rheinland has accredited LG Electronics’ South Korean software centre for the evaluation of the functional safety of home appliance software. “LG is the first company to have its dedicated software testing facility receive this particular accreditation from TÜV Rheinland,” according to LG. It can now evaluate the architecture of software for its home appliances in accordance with IEC 60730-1 ...
Gadget-In-Extremis: LG 272-inch MAGNIT 8K Micro LED display
Check out LG’s huge - 272-inch - MAGNIT 8K Micro LED display, which has made its debut at the ISE 2023 show in Barcelona.
Gadget Watch: LG Ultra Short Throw CineBeam 4K laser projector
I don't know quite what to make of this, the newest LG flagship CineBeam 4K laser projector, with Ultra Short Throw (UST) goodness.
LG produces portable, chargeable, wireless TV
LG has come up with a wireless, portable, battery-powered TV called StanbyME with a jolly video to promote it. Here is is: https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=3hAzhspzAMU&feature=emb_logo Users can control the TV via ‘intuitive controls’, including remote, touch and gesture recognition. ‘The user interface designed specifically for this product is unlike any TV UI and is tailored to the viewer’s personal viewing habit,” says ...
LG pulls out of smartphones
LG has pulled out of the smartphone market after losing $4.5 billion in six years. A statement from the company reads: ‘LG Electronics Inc. (LG) announced that it is closing its mobile business unit. The decision was approved by its board of directors earlier today. ‘LG’s strategic decision to exit the incredibly competitive mobile phone sector will enable the company ...
Apple, Google and LG join 6G development group
Apple, Google and LG have joined the Next G Alliance, a coalition of companies founded in October by The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) with the aim to establish North America as a leader in 6G. Members include: Ericsson, Nokia, Charter Communications; Cisco; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Intel; Keysight Technologies; Mavenir; MITRE; and VMware. Huawei is not a member. Companies banned from ...
Commercial silicon solar reaches 21.4% efficiency
LG Electronics’ latest commercial solar panel can reach an efficiency of 21.4%. It is the LG370N1C-N5, styled a ‘premium’ product by the company – an n-type monocrystalline panel producing 370W max from its 1.7 x 1m surface (irradiance 1,000W/m2, 25°C, 1.5AM). Open-circuit under the same illumination it delivers 41.8V, and short-circuit the figure is 10.92A. Maximum power is achieved at 35.8V ...
Anglia adds LG OLEDs
Anglia has added LG OLED to its OLED light lighting product lines. The line includes Luflex LG OLED light panels which are designed to emit just 10% of the amount of blue light emitted by LED light with the same colour temperature and luminance. The panels are ultra-thin (0.51mm for flexible, 0.91mm for rigid) and light-weight (20g for 100x100mm rigid), ...