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Services Trend in Simulation Market Reaching M&A Stage

The military training and simulation industry has been very good for participants for the last decade as the need for hardware and software to train for many operations increased. But as budgets decline, many of these providers began to offer training and simulation services to offset declines in hardware and software. This trend is now … Read more

Touch Technology Market Outlook

Randy Lawson Principal Analyst at IHS presented his findings on the technology and market outlook for touch sensors and touch enabled devices at the event. Lawson opened his presentation with the data below, which illustrates how the end-use market expansion for touch enabled devices including handsets, tablets and mobile PCs is driving the sales of … Read more

Roll-to-Roll Printed TFT Backplanes

The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference included an interesting presentation by Prof. Gyoujin Cho, of Sunchon National University, Korea entitled, Fully Roll-to-Roll (R2R) Gravure Printed TFT Backplanes for Signage and Sensors. In describing his presentation Prof. Cho made reference to the term “Smart Wallpaper” which is how he envisions the goal of his research. Prof. Cho … Read more

Travel Plaza TV’s Displays Designed for High Traffic Areas

Travel Plaza TV is a digital signage network which works exclusively with 3D autostereoscopic displays. The company currently has 259 installations in 38 states of the USA. The 46″ autostereoscopic displays are lenticular-based units with the underlying LCD panel being supplied by NEC. As has often been claimed, autostereoscopic displays in digital signage applications can … Read more

Advances in Barrier Films and Encapsulation

The 2014 Printed Electronics Conference featured an entire session on the important topic of Barrier Films and Encapsulation. Effective barrier films and encapsulation are a long-standing challenge for the production of long-lived devices including OLED displays and lighting, flexible displays, as well as printed electronic devices in general. The Barrier Films and Encapsulation session included … Read more

Atomic Layer Deposition for Ultra-Barrier Films

Lotus Applied Technology presented on its development of “High Speed Low Cost ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) Ultra-Barrier on Sheets and Rolls”. Eric Dickey of Lotus began his talk by providing a description of the atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. He described ALD as being totally a surface limited reaction that can yield a (nearly) perfect … Read more

Data Modul Highlights OLED Advantage

Data Modul is based locally, in Munich. It is the largest distributor of specialist displays in Germany. At the 2014 show, the company had divided its stand into several different areas, varying by applications. A particular highlight was sunlight-readable displays from several of Data Modul’s partners. A selection of these, in 2″ – 7″ sizes, … Read more

UK’s Dual-Use WEEE Definition to Change from 2016

From 2016, the definition of household and non-household waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is to be amended in the UK, to better match European policy. The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) says that the definition of ‘dual-use’ EEE – that is, items that could potentially be used by consumers and businesses – … Read more

10 3rd Dimension Shows Sliced Projection 3D Display

3rd Dimension (Knoxville, TN) gave a paper and had a small demo in the AVT Simulation booth at I/ITSEC that showcased its second generation display technology. The company called it a “holographic” display, which is partly true as it uses a holographically-defined screen. 3rd Dimension calls its approach “an electronic form of holographic stereography”. But … Read more

Fraunhofer Examines Bi-Directional Data

Fraunhofer had a large stand divided into several different sections, each of which was dedicated to a different branch of the institute. LiFi technology was being shown by Fraunhofer IPMS. Two units, roughly 2m apart, were sending data to each other (bi-directionally) at 1Gbps, using IR light. A 10m distance is possible, though. The module … Read more