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ITRI and AUO Impress with Flexible OLED

ITRI of Taiwan has been developing foldable and flexible AMOLED technology, which it is licensing to local panel makers, AUO and CPT. At Touch Taiwan, the organisation showed a number of demonstrations and licensee, AUO, showed a 5″ 1280 x 720 AMOLED that folds to a radius of 4mm and is reported to have been … Read more

Roku to Launch First 4K HDR Players

Roku is to launch five new media players later this year, according to a website that mapped an FCC leak and channel information from Canada. Three of the models will have UltraHD support, and two of those models will also have HDR support. Prices are expected to be inline with 2015 models.

UK School Buys Elementary Mimio Displays

Showing the potential if many schools decided to go digital, Girlington Primary School in the UK recently bought 15 70″ Mimio interactive touchscreens (one for each classroom), three 55″ Mimio displays for break out areas and two 84″ touchscreens for the school hall and dance studio. Elementary Technology was the supplier through the YPO (Yorkshire … Read more

E Ink Profits from ESL Demand

E Ink said that it expects to ship 40 million electronic shelf label (ESL) displays this year, taking its cumulative total from 60 million to 100 million according to E Ink CEO, Frank Ko, quoted in local sources at Touch Taiwan. Major retailers that have adopted the technology include Media Markt and Carrefour. At the … Read more

CableClix Prepares ‘Virtual Private Cable Network’

CableClix of the US has developed a Virtual Private Cable Network or “VPCN” that is designed to allow broadband internet suppliers to offer a service that is similar to that available from cable networks, but using the IP for delivery. The company is working on developing the set top box needed for release and will … Read more

An Efficient Blue OLED is Under Development

A team of researchers at the Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (Atsughi, Japan), and headed by Satoshi Seo is developing a novel OLED device architecture. The team reports that it enables high quantum efficiency, is long lasting, has a low drive voltage OLEDs and produces a practical brightness level. The researchers call the new device … Read more

When Teachers Give Products Failing Marks

Imagine this Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde scenario occurring in your own pilot project as you implement your company’s brilliant technology solution in an educational setting: After completing a twelve- month pilot project in a dozen schools in this European capital, the final results were in. Kids loved the technology solution and strongly felt it improved their … Read more