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FlexEnable to Showcase Flexible Electronics Technology Platform at Mobile World Congress

FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible organic electronics, will showcase its flexible electronics technology platform for mobile and wearable applications for the first time at next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The world’s first plastic in-plane switching (IPS) liquid crystal display (LCD), which FlexEnable recently developed together with Merck, will … Read more

First LG Tablet from Sprint Launches March 13 FREE with 2-Year Agreement and Any Active Sprint Smartphone

Sometimes the best things in life really are free. Sprint (NYSE: S) is gearing up for a March 13 launch of LG G PadTM F 7.0, the first tablet from LG Electronics on Sprint’s 4G LTE network. “LG G Pad F 7.0 is a perfect companion to any Android smartphone, especially with these low-cost purchasing … Read more

User Experience Needs Context and Context Needs Sensors

I’ve had a busy week with a visit to the Electronic Display (ED) conference in Nuremberg, where industrial and automotive applications are the hot topics. With the Mobile World Congress coming up this Sunday, I had to get my head down to finish the Electronic Display report before Mobile World starts. While in Germany, I … Read more

14 Mitsubishi Extends LCD Operating Conditions

Mitsubishi had its own booth and was showing a range of different modules for industrial and automotive applications. The first module we looked at was a new 7″ module that has 800 x 480 resolution, 1,500 cd/m² of brightness and has a special hardware design that allows survival after a 6.8G shock. The display is … Read more

16 Valens Pushes HDBaseT into Industrial PCs – Autos Next?

Valens was at the show to promote its new HDBaseT chips. We’re used to seeing these in digital signage, but they are very useful in industrial applications. The latest Colligo chip was being shown in a new industrial PC that could support remote displays completely powered from the PC. In a factory environment that can … Read more

Top-Selling Projectors in January According to PMA Research

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 16 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading North American projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. Their Tracking Service family … Read more

15 NLT Can Support Touch with Gloves on Wet Screens

NLT (the NEC/Tianma venture) told us that it is seeing a lot of interest in widescreen formats, now. It has had many years of supplying 4:3 and 5:4 displays with a constant fit/form/function for long term industrial supply. The company plans to bring the same strategy to its widescreen formats. The firm has also developed … Read more

13 Litemax Has Lots to Show in Special Displays

Litemax of Taiwan is a speciality monitor supplier that had plenty to show. It had ATM displays with up to 2,500 cd/m² of brightness and supporting -20° C to +60° operation. There was a new 42″ digital signage monitor that is said to get colour coverage up to 97% of NTSC. Staff told us that … Read more

12 Data Modul Highlights Touch and Updates on Arrow

Data Modul was, of course, at the show with a strong presence. We asked about the Arrow acquisition and it seems that “the deal is not yet done” although it looks likely that it will go through. Arrow is said to have expressed serious interest in the ability of the Data Modul Weikersheim facility to … Read more

11 Beneq Brings Transparency to EL Displays

Beneq is the name of the business that runs the facilities that make EL displays in Espoo, Finland. The company spun out of Planar in 2012 and continues to make EL displays for customers that appreciate the very rugged and functional mono displays. At the show, the main focus was on the Lumineq transparent displays. … Read more