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Dimensional Touch Responds to Pressure

by Phillip Wright

Yesterday, I highlighted the technology that Apple has introduced to add an element of pressure sensitivity to the touch input sensor of its iPhones. Of course, that has encouraged others to go in this …

Tags:Smartphones| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Apple Moves Touch On with Pressure

by Phillip Wright

With the introduction of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Apple has provided users with a force sensing touch user interface enabling new input modalities that also incorporate haptic feedback. I recently briefly assessed …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Philips Drive Lighting and Displays Together

by Phillip Wright

Philips Lighting, with several recent press releases, is making it plain that the firm plans to remain an innovator in developing new higher value added solid state lighting applications. Philips’ press releases span a …

Tags:Digital Signage| LED| Lighting| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Wearable Emphasis is on SmartWatches and Fitness

by Phillip Wright

Printed Electronics 2015 (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) offered several sessions organized around the overall topic of Wearable Technology. The sessions and presentations were wide ranging in their scope and covered technologies including stretchable …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Displays Front & Center at Printed Electronics

by Phillip Wright

Displays and particularly flexible displays were front and center at Printed Electronics 2015 (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) with presentations from relative newcomer Royole Corporation and Kateeva. Bill Liu, CEO Royole Corporation, delivered a …

Tags:OLED TVs| OLEDs| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Vol 22 - Issue 48

End User Viewpoints Suggest Early Days for Printed Electronics

by Phillip Wright

Printed Electronics 2015 (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) again this year included an End User Insight Panel with panelists from Coca Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, and Bayer HealthCare. As in last year’s panel discussion, representatives with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Konica-Minolta Reaches Record OLED Output

by Phillip Wright

Konica Minolta speaker, Takeshi Hakii OLED Unit, Advanced Layers Business Unit Manager, spoke on “Recent Progress in Flexible OLED Lighting Panels” at Printed Electronics 2015 (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20). The Konica Minolta presentation …

Tags:Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Vol 22 - Issue 48

OLED Lighting Shines at Printed Electronics 2015

by Phillip Wright

The 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) session on Opportunities in the Lighting Industry included speakers from Acuity Brands, Konica Minolta and Universal Display. While each of these three firms represents …

Tags:Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Osram talks LEDs and OLEDs and NthDegree Exhibits Printed LEDs

by Phillip Wright

The 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) included a session on “Opportunities in the Lighting Industry“. The session primarily addressed OLEDs although Osram also addressed inorganic LED lighting and presented on …

Tags:Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Printed Electronics are Becoming Ubiquitous and Growing

by Phillip Wright

Three additional opening cornerstone presentations at the 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20), provided insight into the nascent but growing pervasiveness of printed electronics. The speakers for the three presentations were …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Sensors| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Printed Electronics Solving Brand and Commercial Problems

by Phillip Wright

Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx the organizers of the 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20), delivered an opening keynote at the event, titled “Printed Electronics: Successes, Trends and Money”. In structuring …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Perovskite| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Printed Electronics Marks Year of Expansion

by Phillip Wright

The 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) organized by IDTechEx enjoyed another expansionary year with growth in attendance to more than 3000 and an expanded exhibit as well. As has been …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2015 (Santa Clara)| Vol 22 - Issue 46