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07 Fraunhofer Working on QD LEDs

Christian Ippen is from the Fraunhofer IAP and he also talked about QDs, which the Fraunhofer is researching. His introduction covered some of the ground that 3M had been over. The Fraunhofer uses an OLED-type structure to directly excite the QDs with electricity, rather than using QDs for colour conversion as 3M is doing. Work … Read more

Displaydata Sells ZBD Germany to Delfi Technologies

Displaydata has sold all of its shares and the majority of all the shares in ZBD Germany to its Nordic partner, Delfi Technologies. Michael Jorgensen, division director at Delfi said that the company was looking forward to expanding its Nordic operations into Germany. “We expect to deliver the same high value, dynamic display solutions from … Read more

06 QDs in Cars Have to be Cadmium Free

The next speaker was Michael Patz from 3M Germany and he talked about quantum dots (QDs). QDs are semiconductors that act as phosphors. The tiny particles, around 3nm, will emit pure green light at 535nm, for example. The light is of a very narrow bandwidth and by changing the chemistry and size, you can change … Read more

05 LEDs Need a Lot of Power and EMF is an Issue

The afternoon session was kicked off by Francis Cagney of ND Satcom, who had looked at the issues of trying to drive a FullHD LED display. He explained how LED walls are made of tiles of individual devices and in FullHD, you need 2 million LEDs (well, arguably, 6 million, but he was talking about … Read more

04 In Cars, Augmented Reality with HUDs is Next Step

The final speaker in the session was Prashanth Halady of Robert Bosch, where he is the Director of the Center of Competence, HMI (Human Machine Interfaces). Bosch’s business covers automation, consumer and automotive products but his topic is the evolution of the automotive cockpit. He started by looking at how the cockpit has evolved and … Read more

03 User Experience is the Key

The third speaker of the morning session was Franz Koller of User Interface Design GmbH (UID), who looks at the “user experience” and who has been working in user testing since he worked on the Xerox Star system – which was the originator of the user interfaces for computers that was used by Apple. His … Read more

02 Hendy Says 2015 Will be a Bad Year for Display Suppliers

Ian Hendy of Hendy Consulting then spoke. Hendy has a consulting business with David Barnes of Bizwits and spends his time consulting for companies that want to be in the display business somewhere. The firm consults on display materials, manufacturing and on investment strategies. Last year was a good year in the display industry but … Read more

3DIcon Describes New Medium for Volumetric Displays

3DIcon is a technology company that is focused on their CSpace display technology. Recently, the company published a report in the Journal of Display Technology that describes a new liquid medium in which a volumetric image can be created. This could make the development of such displays much likely to be commercially viable. The article … Read more

01 Electronic Displays 2015 Hits Record Attendance

WProf Blankenbach at ED 2015e went along to the annual Electronic Display conference in Nuremberg run by Prof. Karlheinz Blankenbach alongside the Embedded World Exhibition. Prof Blankenbach started by saying that the conference, which has been going a number of years, has reached a record number of delegates. Raikes Sets the Tone Raikes said “Don’t … Read more

3D Display Market Is Expected to Reach $112.9 Billion, Global, by 2020

According to a new report by Allied Market Research titled, “Global 3D Display Market – Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Opportunities, Growth and Forecast, 2013 – 2020”, the global 3D Display market is expected to reach $112.9 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 26.8% during 2014 – 2020. The 3D displays applications in TVs and … Read more

Dolby and Jaunt Join Forces to Deliver the Next-Generation Cinematic VR Experience

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced that it is working with Jaunt to enable the next generation of immersive storytelling, known as cinematic virtual reality. Jaunt will release three virtual reality applications—Live and Let Die by Sir Paul McCartney, as well as clips from monster film Kaiju Fury! and horror thriller Black Mass—that will be … Read more

LG Expands High-End With ‘Dual Premium’ Strategy

LG will expand its OLED TV lineup from five models to 10 this year, the company has announced. As well as OLED models, ‘Prime UHD’ (quantum dot) LCD TVs will be produced, as part of LG’s ‘Dual Premium’ strategy. LG’s premium range, which includes both OLED and quantum dot models, will be expanded to include … Read more