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Projecting the Future of Retail

Retailers visiting the Retail Design Expo – part of the Retail Business Technology Expo and Retail Digital Signage Expo on 9-10 March – will see the UK debut of DisplayMapper that is set to change the face of retail. Having created retail projection showstoppers like Harrods’ Faberge installation, Projection Artworks developed DisplayMapper for retailers that … Read more

Sustainable Office: A look at Energy Labels, Green Packaging and Energy Saving Monitors

Creating a sustainable workplace is becoming increasingly important for both professional and home users alike. Today, opting for energy-efficient, sustainably-produced technology is not only understood as being good for the planet, but also of benefit to users who can, for example, save ongoing electricity costs by choosing a monitor with low energy consumption. But considering … Read more

Cree Achieves ‘Incandescent’ LED Quality at High LPW

Cree has demonstrated a high- brightness and high-efficiency LED, which delivers almost 1,600 lumens at 134 lumens-per-Watt (LPW). Colour quality is said to be similar to that of an incandescent light bulb. The result is around a 25% increase in LPW over production LEDs of similar colour quality, under real-world operating conditions. According to Cree, … Read more

Robert Visser Honoured by SID

Applied Materials Inc has announced that Dr. Robert Visser has received a 2016 Special Recognition Award from the Society of Information Display.The award is for his “pioneering research and commercialisation of new display technologies related to OLEDs, LCD materials and barrier films, including encapsulation technologies for OLED and flexible displays.”

Applied Materials’ Robert Visser Honored by Society of Information Display

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Dr. Robert Visser has received a 2016 Special Recognition Award from the Society of Information Display, a leading industry organization comprised of the top scientists, engineers, corporate researchers and business people of the display field. The award is for his “pioneering research and commercialization of new display technologies related … Read more

AUO Shows AMOLED for 2016

AUO has used an event at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan to show new products and technologies. These included both large and small displays, and were not limited to LCD displays. AUO CEO Paul PengA 65″ LCD TV panel was the largest product shown. It is described as borderless, due to the use of Gate … Read more

Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid

For several months (beginning in September: see Rumour: Foxconn Takes Stake in Sharp Display Unit), Foxconn has been linked to a takeover of Sharp – either specific business units or the whole company. Finally, Sharp has accepted the Taiwanese firm’s bid. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sharp has accepted Foxconn’s ¥700 billion ($6.2 billion) … Read more

Google Extends Cast Protocol Outside Android

Google introduced its Google Cast protocol – the ability to send content from a mobile device to a larger screen – on its Chromecast and Android TV platforms. Now, Variety says that the company is planning to roll the technology out to other devices. Specifically, it will be built into TVs without Android, the first … Read more

See Our Top Picks of ISE

While at ISE 2016, we recorded videos of some of the highlights of the show, as they relate to the display trade. As well as two roundup videos, we interviewed Antoine Doublet of micro-LED maker Deepsky (Deepsky Challenges Silicon Core at ISE) and Karl Lang, a colour specialist from Lumit Labs who was speaking about … Read more

NEC Display Solutions Celebrates ISE 2016 Success

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NEC Display Solutions Europe has concluded a successful ISE 2016 showcasing ‘your world is our showroom’. ISE 2016, this year extended to include an extra day named FRDY, highlighted NEC’s innovation in LCD, LED and Laser technologies, touch and interactivity and sensor technologies. Each were showcased in a unique application-focused showroom created with key NEC … Read more

AGC Asahi Glass’s New Smartphone Cover Glass Enables Fingerprint Scans

AGC Asahi Glass, a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, announced today that it has launched a multi-thickness smartphone cover glass with a recession on its underside to accommodate a fingerprint sensor, eliminating the need to mount a separate button for fingerprint recognition. The new cover glass ensures resistance to water and dust, … Read more

MWC2016: SPB TV AG Showcased Innovative Mobile TV Product Line

SPB TV AG, a leading global provider of end-to-end OTT TV, IPTV and mobile TV solutions, presented its innovative single-platform product line at the Mobile World Congress. It showed SPB TV Rosing, the fast launch TV platform for operators, SPB TV Astra transcoder powered by Intel, and SPB TV Home, the next-generation home viewing solution … Read more