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UDC Signs OLED Agreement with Osram

Universal Display Corp. (UDC) and Osram have signed a collaboration and evaluation agreement, which will see Osram begin sampling UDC’s phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) materials for use in lighting. The news comes just one month after Osram CEO Olaf Berlien said that OLED is too expensive to become more than a niche lighting technology. At a … Read more

Blippar Claims Project ‘Bigger Than the Internet’

Augmented reality app maker Blippar has raised $54 million in Series D funding, to help it build a ‘visual browser’ to help in augmented reality (AR) applications. CEO and co-founder Ambarish Mitra told Business Insider last year that the project “is bigger than the internet itself”. The company is attempting to build a visual catalogue … Read more

JPR Hosts Breakfast Briefing at GDC

Portrait Displays has announced that it will sponsor the Jon Peddie Research (JPR) press briefing breakfast at the Game Developer’s Conference. The breakfast will take place at 8:15 AM on the 16th March, at the SF Green Space conference centre. JPR is also expected give an update and overview of the PC gaming hardware market, … Read more

OLED Emits RGB From Same Materials

A research group at the Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) (Kyushu University, Japan) has developed an OLED technology that can emit red, green and blue light using the same organic material. Today’s OLEDs require three different kinds of organic molecules to achieve the same effect. The energy emitted by OLED molecules shifting … Read more

Microsoft Launches Pre-order for HoloLens and Meta Follows Suit

After a long waiting period, we can finally see the Microsoft HoloLens device being offered for pre-order. The HoloLens device is an augmented reality headset with two displays and some form of holographic technology that Microsoft has not yet got around to explaining in detail. It may be safe to assume that the holographic part … Read more

iPhone 5SE Renamed – Before Launch

According to reports, Apple’s new iPhone will ditch its numbering system entirely. Rather than the previously-rumoured ‘iPhone 5SE’ (Apple Goes Back One Gen With New iPhone), it will instead be referred to simply as the ‘iPhone SE’. We hear that it will be announced on the 21st March, along with a new iPad and Apple … Read more

Dialog Semiconductor’s Flickerless(TM) High Power Drivers for Commercial LEDs

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth(R) Smart technology, today announced two new driver controllers for high power commercial LED lighting applications up to 90W. In these applications flicker-free operation is essential to avoid eye stress, particularly where there is long-term exposure to … Read more

NEC Display MD211G5 Diagnostic Display Receives FDA Clearance for Use in Tomosynthesis

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NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, today announced Food and Drug Administration clearance of its MultiSync® MD211G5 medical-grade monitor for use in tomosynthesis applications and full field digital mammography (FFDM). The 21-inch NEC display is built for the displaying and viewing of digital images for diagnosis … Read more

Samsung’s Trendy Technology Playground

Samsung 837 is a “Technology Playground” that opened on February 25th in the trendy Meatpacking District in New York. This three storey venue is intended to introduce Samsung consumer and B2B products to all comers. Except for the coffee and sandwiches, nothing was for sale – this was a demo space, not the Samsung equivalent … Read more