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Ultra High-Definition TVs Could Add $1 Billion to Viewers’ Annual Energy Bills

The latest ultra high-definition (UHD) televisions use an average of 30 percent more energy than their high-definition (HD) predecessors, which could ...

Komsa Adds ZTE to Portfolio

Komsa has started to distribute ZTE smartphones in Poland.

Apple Store Drops Fitbit and Bose

Wearable – When it comes to the retail of consumer electronics, there is the Apple store and then there is the ...

Augmented Reality is Explained

A book by graphics expert Dr. Jon Peddie, “Augmented Reality: Where we will all live”, examines the impact of augmented reality ...

Google X Wants to Marry TVs and Lego

As well as self-driving cars and contact lenses that can measure blood sugar levels, Google wants to build giant screens that ...

Facebook Takes on VR ‘Experts’

Facebook has hired a team of VR ‘experts’ in London, according to The Telegraph. The recruitment creates Facebook’s first European base ...

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Augmented Reality Faces Challenges, Says Zervos

by Tom Allen

Harry Zervos, principal analyst with IDTechEx, presented a talk about eyewear. Virtual reality is already popular, he said, and augmented reality is growing in two stages. For now, it is tied to smartphones; the …

Tags:Eyewear| IdTechEx| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics Conference 2016 (Berlin)| Vol 23 - Issue 18

FlexEnable: Which Wearable Will Win?

by Tom Allen

We last talked to Paul Cain of FlexEnable at MWC 2016 (FlexEnable Curves an LCD Around the Wrist), and he was presenting at the IDTechEx Show on the topic of ‘Ubiquitous Displays and Sensors’. …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics Conference 2016 (Berlin)| Vol 23 - Issue 18| Wearable Market

Kazlas: “Quantum Dots Are the Only Path to Rec.2020”

by Tom Allen

Peter Kazlas is director of advanced product development at QD Vision, which produces Color IQ quantum dots; these began to be shipped in early 2013. Color IQ optics use red and green QDs with …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Printed Electronics Conference 2016 (Berlin)| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Sony Calls for New Printing Methods

by Tom Allen

Kazumasa Nomoto from Sony covered the topic of TFTs for displays, specifically with regards to flexible and ePaper types. There are three ‘levels’ to flexible displays, which the industry is progressing through (and towards) …

Tags:ePaper| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Organic TFTs| Printed Electronics Conference 2016 (Berlin)| sony| TFT| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Futaba Aims at Automotive with PM-OLEDs

by Tom Allen

Futaba’s Burkhard Jaeger discussed the expansion of the firm’s flexible PM-OLED range, which are produced for wearables. Futaba entered the OLED market after acquiring TMC in 2011. Futaba PM OLED roadmap – Click for …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printed Electronics| Printed Electronics Conference 2016 (Berlin)| Vol 23 - Issue 18| WOLED (White OLED)

OLEDWorks is Working to Raise OLED Efficiency

by Tom Allen

Click for higher resolutionOLEDWorks took over Philips’ OLED lighting business around one year ago, and is now working on advancements in the space. Eric Meulenkamp, formerly of Philips, is a general manager of the …

Tags:IdTechEx| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printed Electronics Conference 2016 (Berlin)| Vol 23 - Issue 18

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Flex Result 28/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Flextronics reported Q4 2016 and full year results with net profit of $61 million, down 45% YoY from $135 million. Full year net profit was $444 million, down 27% YoY from $601 million. Turnover …

Tags:Financial Data| Flex| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Asahi Result 09/05/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Asahi Glass reported Q1 2016 net loss of 57 billion yen ($521 million), compared to a net profit of 16.5 billion yen ($150 million) in the same period last year. Turnover was 308 billion …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Lenovo Second Tech World Coming to San Francisco

by Tom Allen

Lenovo will host its second annual Lenovo Tech World conference on the 9th June in San Francisco. Topics to be covered will include VR, connected devices and the cloud. The firm will launch the …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Lenovo’s Low-Cost Rugged Laptops are for Education

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has announced two new laptops for the K-12 education sector, at its annual Accelerate Partner Forum. The N23 and N42 boast rugged features like reinforced ports, strong hinges, a spill-proof keyboard and anti-peel …

Tags:Chromebooks| Education| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 23 - Issue 18