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IC05 Amorphyx Can Replace TFTs with Quantum Tunnelling

Amorphyx is a new company that is working on new technology for backplanes and the CEO is John Brewer who started by saying that TFTs have very bad performance and the industry needs to get beyond using amorphous silicon because the transistors will never be any good. The company has developed a sample with BOE … Read more

IC04 Ares Solves a Problem for Flexible Displays

Dr David Arreaga is founder of Ares Materials from Texas which makes films for flexible displays. The films are based on polysulphide which have not been used so far in the flat panel display business. Arreaga believes that flexible and foldable devices will start to appear in Q4 of this year and he said that … Read more

IC03 OTI Reveals the ‘Dirty little Secret’ of OLEDs for IT

OTI Lumionics was next up and the speaker was Michael Helander who is the founder and CEO. The company focuses on the electrode materials to help with manufacturing, which is an under-served market. The same materials from twenty five years ago are still being used, but bottlenecks are starting to appear. The company is working … Read more

IC02 Clearink Ramping Things Up

Frank Christiaens is from ClearInk Displays and we have been writing about the company for two years since the company came out of stealth mode in 2016, although it has been around since 2012. He started by saying that there is a big interest in eSchoolbooks which are like eReaders, but are bigger so the … Read more

IC01 Start Up Teams ‘Should not be Toxic’

We joined the Investor Conference, run like the Business Conference by DSCC, for a panel discussion, but the early part of the event was a presentation by Bob O’Brien of DSCC who tallked about the markets for different display materials, while Ross Young, the other co-founder of DSCC covered equipment and overall displays. O’Brien made … Read more

Uber Files AI Tech Patent for Flagging Drunk Passengers

It’s no surprise that a significant proportion of Uber’s business occurs in the small hours of the morning, ferrying party-goers home after a night ‘on the sauce’. However, the company is moving to protect its drivers from having to deal with drunk passengers using new AI technology. Image: Flickr A recent patent filing shows a … Read more

Intel Keeps Low Power Display Close to its Chest

We promised to come back to you over the Low Power Display Technology (LPDT) that Intel announced at Computex when we had more information (Intel Reveals Low-Power Display Technology for Laptops). At the moment, we haven’t been able to get much with our good contacts at Intel only able to confirm that the development is … Read more

Infocomm 2018 Sees a Shift in LED

My three week tour of the West of the US is now over and I’m back on European time (well my watch is!). I’m still desparately typing and editing to try to catch up with our SID report. Quite a lot of it is live on the website, but getting the last pieces done has … Read more

Freeview to receive £125m investment to go ‘fully hybrid’

The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and network operator Arqiva — the four shareholders of Digital UK — have signed a new five-year agreement to accelerate Freeview’s transition to a fully hybrid platform, providing free-to-view live and on-demand TV. (FreeView is the UK’s free to access DTT service) The collaboration will see an investment of £125 … Read more

Panasonic Extends its 4K Professional Display Line-up at InfoComm 2018

The 4K displays come in 86 and 98-inch models with 500cd/m2 brightness, offering an excellent solution for digital signage or for use in corporate, classroom and retail environments. The SQ1 series, on show at InfoComm for the first time, features a lightweight, slim and stylish design with a bright and efficient panel for exceptional visibility … Read more