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Shiftwear is a new type of footwear – one which gives full design control to the owner. Funded on Indiegogo in December, the shoes feature a flexible screen based on a plastic substrate, capable of showing full motion video – at least in the concept – and colour. The implication is that it is OLED … Read more
BETT is a lively event for us and covers educational technology. It takes place in London’s Excel Centre and as the UK is a pioneering market in educational science and technology, it’s a good place to hold the event. There were lots of exhibitors with plenty of software and content developers as well as hardware … Read more
Panasonic had several interesting technologies on display at CES 2016, including a transparent TV integrated into furniture, a rear-projection screen that was switchable to transparent operation and various projection mapping demos.
Juniper Research expects 10x rise in connected in-vehicle infotainment system revenues between 2016 and 2020. By the end of the decade, Juniper forecasts that revenues will exceed $600 million. New research (http://tinyurl.com/zfmv7uq) predicts that adoption will rise quickly; Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will lead the way. As these systems become firmly established, Juniper expects … Read more
Just when I had convinced myself that quantum dots were THE answer for allowing LCD to compete with OLED image quality, it seems it may only be one of several answers. At their suite at the Westgate Hotel during CES 2016, executives of StoreDot (Herzeliya, Israel) showed me their MolecuLED — an organic color conversion … Read more
The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC 2016), held each year in Orlando, Florida. FETC tends to set the tone and previews what’s coming for educational technology in the U.S. Having spent considerable time crisscrossing the exhibit … Read more
Insight Media, a source of in-depth technical news and analysis for the display trade, has published several new white papers covering the ‘Better Pixels’ movement (registration required). The first white paper, ‘The Status of Wide Colour Gamut UHD TVs’, provides an overview of the wide colour gamut and high dynamic range ecosystems. It covers the … Read more
CES 2016 ended two weeks ago, and it was probably the most important event for the wearables industry of the year. My colleague Dan Rosenbaum, Editor of Wearable Tech Insider, and I logged a combined 70-plus miles (yes, we tracked it) through the exhibit halls and hotel meeting suites to spend time with executives from … Read more
Steve Zadesky, head of Apple’s electric car project, is leaving the company, according to The Wall Street Journal‘s sources. A person familiar with the matter said that Zadesky is leaving for personal, rather than performance-based, reasons. Zadesky has worked on both the iPod and iPhone, having been with Apple since 1999. He began work in … Read more
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a UK R&D institute, has shown off a flexible OLED lighting panel in a video. The panel was produced at the CPI’s own prototype line, which supports both vapour deposition and soluble OLED materials.
IDTechEx says that the market for printed and flexible electronics in automotive applications will grow from around $400 million this year, to more than $5.5 billion in 2026. There are many technologies in the market. Some, such as windscreen defoggers, will see minimal growth. Others, such as OLEDs and in-mould electronics, will drive the market. … Read more
Asian sources say that LG Display is raising its monthly capacity at LCD facilities. Capacity at its Guangzhou-based facilities will be raised from 90,000 substrates to 120,000 by the end of the year. Local media reports claim that the deal was signed before LCD oversupply became an issue for the firm.
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