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In-Car Safety Innovations Drive Expanded Use of TFT-LCD Dashboard Screens

Market Intelligence – According to the latest DisplaySearch Automotive Displays Report, with more safety features requiring a greater level of driver monitoring, demand for multifunction TFT-LCD panels in the automotive instrument cluster is accelerating.  In fact, TFT LCD shipments for the instrument cluster in automobiles are expected to grow 48% to reach 30.2 million units this year, growing … Read more

Gorilla Glass Targets Automotive and Alternative Applications and Technologies

Display Materials & Manufacturing – While Corning’s Gorilla Glass is aimed primarily at mobile devices, the company has set up a separate group to look at alternative uses for the product. In our exclusive tour at the Sullivan Park Corning facility, we had a chance to learn more about how it is being used in … Read more

Corning Releases Gorilla Glass 4 Setting New Standard in Damage Resistance

Display Materials & Manufacturing – In a special press event held at Corning’s New York Headquarters, the company revealed its latest innovation – Gorilla Glass 4. The company provided impressive test results showing the performance of this cover glass material, which is aimed at mobile devices. It is already in production and available on smartphones … Read more

Large-Area Panels Rebound From First Fall

TFT panel suppliers are forecast to ship 718 million large-area (9″+) panels this year – a 3% rise compared to 2013. NPD DisplaySearch says that panel price increases and an expanding average TV size will enable revenues to keep pace with shipments. Revenues will also grow 3% YoY, to $75 billion. Large-area TFT panel shipments … Read more

Importance of Ecycling: CEA Study says More People are Recycling Electronics

Recycling – A new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® shows electronics recycling receives continued support among consumers. According to the Recycling and Reuse Study, 2014 Edition, more than four-fifths of U.S. adults (82 percent) say recycling their old electronics is important or very important to them, and one-third of consumers surveyed (30 percent) recycled electronics products … Read more

Display Measurement in the Post-Phosphor Era

meBroadcast & Distribution – On November 18th, the New York chapters of SMPTE and IEEE-BTS and the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the SID held a joint meeting titled “The Calibration Conundrum – Display Measurement in the Post-Phosphor Era” There were three speakers: Gary Mandle is Senior Product Manager in the Display Systems Group of Sony Electronics. … Read more

Apple and Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality – Augmented reality is often cited as one of the key technologies for the next few years or decades, depending whom you listen to. If we follow the recent logic of many analysts, a new CE product cannot be launched successfully without Apple preparing a consumer model for the masses. Smartwatches may fall … Read more