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Printed Electronics 2015 (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) again this year included an End User Insight Panel with panelists from Coca Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, and Bayer HealthCare. As in last year’s panel discussion, representatives with direct involvement in applications of printed electronics from large multinational firms were asked to provide their views on how the printed … Read more
Konica Minolta speaker, Takeshi Hakii OLED Unit, Advanced Layers Business Unit Manager, spoke on “Recent Progress in Flexible OLED Lighting Panels” at Printed Electronics 2015 (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20). The Konica Minolta presentation was a useful indicator of recent progress made in developing materials and structures for OLEDs with improved performance. Takeshi Hakii described … Read more
The 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) session on Opportunities in the Lighting Industry included speakers from Acuity Brands, Konica Minolta and Universal Display. While each of these three firms represents a different level in the OLED supply chain (Acuity Brands – light fixtures/luminaires, Konica Minolta – OLED lighting panels, Universal Display … Read more
The 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20) included a session on “Opportunities in the Lighting Industry“. The session primarily addressed OLEDs although Osram also addressed inorganic LED lighting and presented on Integrating Printed Electronics in the Lighting Industry. Also, in an infrequent trade show appearance, NthDegree Technologies exhibited its printed inorganic LEDs … Read more
The samurai: master warriors; fearless fighters; and, according to NTT Docomo, absolute rulers of Candy Crush. A new video, aiming to raise awareness of the risks of texting while walking, has some useful information – but the real highlight comes in watching men dressed in traditional samurai training robes fall over each other, lose their … Read more
Three additional opening cornerstone presentations at the 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20), provided insight into the nascent but growing pervasiveness of printed electronics. The speakers for the three presentations were from the US Olympic Committee, Hewlett-Packard, and Qualcomm. Mounir Zok, Senior Sports Technologist for the United States Olympic Committee, presented “Wearable … Read more
Toshiba Europe GmbH today announces its next generation TD-E2 Series consisting of four new business display models benefitting from Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution and 16/7 operation. Available in sizes up to 165 cm (65”), the new TD-E2 Series offers connectivity and flexibility to make it ideally suited for retail, hospitality and corporate environments. … Read more
Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx the organizers of the 2015 Printed Electronics Conference (Santa Clara, CA, November 17-20), delivered an opening keynote at the event, titled “Printed Electronics: Successes, Trends and Money”. In structuring his presentation, Das identified commercial problems for which printed electronics offer and are addressing solutions. The problems he identified spanned the … Read more
Toshiba’s original TD-E range of mid-size signage monitors was shown at Technology Exposed 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38). The company has now developed the second generation, which will be launched this year. As with the original models, the TD-E2 displays are designed to run 16/7. They can be part of a video wall … Read more
New phones have been announced in Samsung’s Galaxy A range, which will be launched in the UK next April, and then expanded to global markets. Three sizes will be available: a 5.5″ (A7), 5.2″ (A5) and 4.7″ (A3). All of the phones feature the Samsung Pay mobile payment technology, which at the time of writing … Read more
Henk Snijder, country director for Tech Data in The Netherlands, has left the company for personal reasons. He will be temporarily replaced by Els Demeester.
Smithsonian has launched a new UltraHD service in the USA: a nature streaming service called Smithsonian Earth. At launch, it is available for $4 per month, exclusively on the Roku 4 player in UltrahD. Other devices can access the service in HD quality.
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