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Quantum Materials Hires Experienced Scientist

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Quantum Materials says that Dr Krishna Kowlgi has joined the company as nanomaterials process engineer. Dr. Kowlgi is an experienced entrepreneurial scientist specialising in analytical and physical chemistry with inventions and commercialised technologies in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Quantum Dots| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Samsung to Invest $3 Billion More in Vietnam

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Samsung has announced plans to invest up to $3 billion in a new smartphone factory in Vietnam, to operate alongside its existing facility in Thai Nguyen, close to the capital Hanoi, which was opened …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| LCD Module Assembly| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Markets for ITO Film Replacements

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Touch Gesture Motion 2014 was well populated with presentations on alternatives to indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent conducting films (TCF). The ITO Replacement session kicked off with a market research overview provided by Sweta …

Tags:IHS Markit| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TGM 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Samsung to Commercialise Rollable Batteries

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Samsung has shown a rollable battery, for wearables, at the Interbattery Technology Exhibition trade show in Korea. The work of researchers at the Samsung Technology Centre, the company said that the battery will be …

Tags:Flexible Batteries| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Wintek’s Woes Continue as October Sales Fall 20%

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Touch panel manufacturer Wintek suffered another blow in October as it reported a 20% year on year fall in sales for the month to NT$5.7 billion ($186.3 million). Sales for the first 10 months …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Wintek

Intel’s Perceptual Computing Initiative

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Geoff Walker, in his role as Senior Systems Architect at Intel, delivered a keynote entitled Interactive Computing Devices and Applications Based on Intel RealSense Technology. In explaining why Intel is pursuing its perceptual computing …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| TGM 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Intel Wireless Power Coming in 2015

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Kumar Chinnaswamy, general manager of wireless charging at Intel Experiences Group, has said that smartphones using wireless charging solutions from Intel will be available early next year. The technology is also forecast to reach …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Wireless Charging

Nanowire and Nanotube Touch Sensors

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Nanowire and carbon nanotube transparent conductive film (TCF) touch sensors were also on the agenda at the event. Sri Peruvemba, representing Cambrios, presented on the firm’s silver nanowire ink products of which Geoff Walker …

Tags:Cambrios| Canatu| CNTs (Carbon Nanotubes)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| TGM 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Samsung Wins Big in Innovation Awards

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Several companies have received International CES Innovation Awards. Acer and ZTE were named for the Aspire R 13 Series of convertible notebooks and ZTE’s mobile hotspot projector, while Dell took a ‘Best of’ award …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Vuzix

Sony Mobile Hires German Sales Manager

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Sony Mobile in Germany has named Jürgen Strätker as sales manager in the region.

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Internet of Things Adoption Climbing Quickly

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There will be 4.9 billion connected ‘things’ (such as ATMs and airline check-in machines) in use next year, up 30% from 2014, and 25 billion by 2020. These figures come from Gartner, which says …

Tags:Gartner| Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Gesture User Interface Design Advances

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The use of gesture user interfaces was discussed by several speakers at TGM. Presenters from AMS and XYZ Interactive addressed the hardware and software necessary to implement gesture user input systems. For its part, …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TGM 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 45