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A New Display Application: Electronic License Plates

by Arthur Berman

Advertised as the first-ever, interactive digital license plate, the so-called rPlate debuted earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show. This show is held in Detroit as a part of Automobili-D. The …

Tags:Automotive| EPD (Electrophoretic)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Introducing the Cotodama Lyric Speaker

by Arthur Berman

This article is about an “odd” product. (The quotes are mine.) One of several reasons that this product is odd is that it uses a display in a way that seems unique for a …

Tags:audio| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

An AR Headset Designed for Minimally Invasive Surgery

by Arthur Berman

Founded in 2014 with seed financing from TerraLab, an incubator of the Israeli Innovation Authority, Augmedics Ltd. (Yokne’am Illit, Israel) is a startup developing a device called the ViZOR System. The device is an …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Dell Debuts a Mixed Reality Headset

by Arthur Berman

Dell Inc. presented a Windows 10-based mixed reality headset earlier this month at the IFA conference in Berlin. The company stated that the headset was designed not only to provide the user with an …

Tags:AR/VR| Dell| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 35

The Cinera “Immersive Personal Theater” Headset

by Arthur Berman

Founded in 2014, the mission of Cinera Inc. (Newark, DE) has been to develop a product to address what they feel is an opportunity in an under served market. The company web site describes …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 35

An OLED-Based Flexible Clothing Display is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A research team led by Kyung Cheol Choi at the Electric and Electronic Engineering Department within the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, Korea) is developing an OLED technology that is hoped …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Apple Considering Means to Provide Privacy to Display Viewing

by Arthur Berman

Years ago, when LCDs were first introduced into commercial products, the display typically had a narrow angle of view. One aspect of this seeming limitation could actually be thought of as a feature. A …

Tags:LCD displays| Privacy| Vol 24 - Issue 33

A Volumetric 3D Display Made from Laser Generated Bubbles

by Arthur Berman

A team of optical engineers led by Yoshio Hayasaki at Center for Optical Research and Education at Utsunomiya University (Utsunomiya, Japan) has developed a new kind of volumetric display in which the voxels forming …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31| Volumetric Displays

A Photoluminescent Display that also Harvests Ambient Energy

by Arthur Berman

A recent prototype demonstrates how, by replacing the phosphor screen in a Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) with a Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC), it becomes possible to harvest energy from ambient light as well as …

Tags:Phosphors| Solar Panels| Vol 24 - Issue 31

New Materials Offer Promise of Enhanced OLED Efficiency

by Arthur Berman

Fluorescent Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) materials typically have a maximum internal quantum efficiency of about 25%. A team of researchers headed by Dawei Di, a member of the Optoelectronics Group within the Department …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 29

Nuviz Introduces a HUD System for Motorcyclists

by Arthur Berman

Integrated into many modern automobiles are a number of electronic devices that make driving more convenient and enjoyable. The list includes audio entertainment systems, GPS navigation systems and telephone communication devices. Until now, these …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| LCOS| Vol 24 - Issue 29

Means to Quickly Transfer OLED Films May Reduce Manufacturing Time

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Professor Yoon Hong-seok within the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Hanbat National University (Daejeon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea) are developing a new process to simultaneously transfer all …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 27