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Exploring the Potential for Printed LEDs

by Phillip Wright

The range of enterprises seeking to develop and apply printed inorganic light emitting diodes (LEDs) for lighting and display applications is expanding with some interesting recent developments. Rohinni with offices in Coeur d’Alene, ID, …

Printed Electronics Event to Cover Wide Range of Topics

by Phillip Wright

The Printed Electronics Conference USA2015 (PE2015) which is billed as “The World’s Largest Conference and Exhibition on Printed, Organic and Flexible Electronics will be held November 18-19, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA. I have …

Tags:Flexible Displays| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 42| Wearables

Android Devices with Force Touch User Interfaces on the Way

by Phillip Wright

Synaptics has announced a force-sensing touch screen controller which will offer Android device developers the opportunity to add a new touch screen user interface modality. The Synaptics announcement is timely since a similar user …

Reprising Low-Contrast Text Web Pages

by Phillip Wright

A while back I wrote in Display Daily about an article by Katie Sherwin of the Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) titled Low-Contrast Text is Not the Answer. As I mentioned at the time, the …

Tags:display quality| Human Visual System (HVS)| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Packaging Brings it Together

by Phillip Wright

Today’s consumer electronics products rely on a wide range of technologies and engineering disciplines. However, the mechanical and materials engineering used in today’s state of the art CE products often go on unrecognized. As …

Materials Make the Difference

by Phillip Wright

Consumer electronics and all man-made products are composed of materials that have been selected, modified and manipulated so as to arrange the atoms into particular forms and to accomplish specific functions. From stone points, …

Electrophoretic Displays Settle into New Roles

by Phillip Wright

The evolution and application of electrophoretic displays (EPD), often referred to as electronic paper (EP) or E-ink displays, have traveled an interesting path as developers work to apply the low power display technology. E-ink …

Tags:Digital Signage| E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Gesture Control Firm Pebbles Interfaces Acquired by Oculus

by Phillip Wright

Oculus, developer of the Rift virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display system has acquired Pebbles Interfaces (pebblesinterfaces.com – Note: original website taken down) of Kfar Saba, Israel. The firm’s LinkedIn page (below) describes the firm’s …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Oculus VR| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Google Cardboard App Provides VR Design Guidance

by Phillip Wright

Google is offering an application at the Play store that offers developers a framework and guidelines for virtual reality (VR) design. Google describes the application, Cardboard Design Lab (screenshot below) saying: “Enjoy an educational …

Web Designers Make it Hard to Use Our Displays

by Phillip Wright

A recent spot-on article concerning web page user interface design and information display on computer monitors came across my screen a week or more ago. I might have forgotten the article except that I …

Tags:Apple| GUIs| Viewer Experience| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Touch and Haptics Innovations in 2015 SID iZone

by Phillip Wright

Two developers caught my attention during my visit to the 2015 SID Display Week Innovation Zone (iZone). Redux Technologies and TouchNetix were exhibiting new embedded haptics and touch sensor products, respectively. The Redux Embedded …

Wearable Software Ecosystem: Diversity or Monoculture

by Phillip Wright

The 2015 SID Display Week Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference hosted a session and panel discussion on Software for Wearables with speakers from Mozilla, Intel, and Runtastic. At this point in the penultimate session of …