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University of Florida Reports on Development of New LCD Mixture for Extreme Temperatures

by Norbert Hildebrand

Shin-Tson Wu, Pegasus Professor of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida – College of Optics and Photonics, USA together with support from Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute in Xi’an, China, and DIC Corporation, …

Tags:Automotive| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Response Times| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Samsung Revives Safety Truck

by Tom Allen

Eight months ago, in June 2015, Samsung tested a truck equipped with displays on the rear, which would show the road ahead of the vehicle through a camera feed (Overtaking Problem Solved by Samsung?). …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Carloudy: An Automotive Head-Up Display

by Arthur Berman

During recent years, head-up displays (HUDs) have become available as an option in some luxury car models. Now, an aftermarket alternative is under development by Cognitive AI Technologies Inc. (Chicago, IL). The device is …

Tags:Automotive| E Ink| Head Up Displays HUDs| Projection| Projection Screens| Sunlight Readable Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 05

OTT Firms Lead Connected Car Experience

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research expects 10x rise in connected in-vehicle infotainment system revenues between 2016 and 2020. By the end of the decade, Juniper forecasts that revenues will exceed $600 million. New research (http://tinyurl.com/zfmv7uq) predicts that …

Tags:Amazon| Android| Apple| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Apple Car Leader to Leave Company

by Tom Allen

Steve Zadesky, head of Apple’s electric car project, is leaving the company, according to The Wall Street Journal‘s sources. A person familiar with the matter said that Zadesky is leaving for personal, rather than …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 23 - Issue 03

IDTechEx: OLEDs Will Drive Flexible Automotive Market

by Tom Allen

IDTechEx says that the market for printed and flexible electronics in automotive applications will grow from around $400 million this year, to more than $5.5 billion in 2026. There are many technologies in the …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Devices| IdTechEx| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printed Electronics| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Tobii Interviewed on PC Eye Tracking

by Bob Raikes

We interviewed Mårten Skogö of Swedish company Tobii, which is a leading company in eye tracking, about the integration of the company’s technology into a new MSI notebook. We also saw an application of …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Game Playing| Gaze Recognition| Tobii| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Vehicular Technology at CES

by Bob Raikes

Automotive technology is becoming a steadily larger and more important component of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Ford is leading the way in terms of the number of vehicles exhibited, but several other …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Consumer — but Really Automotive — Telematics Show at CES

by Ken Werner

Kia proudly claimed it had been issued Nevada’s first autonomous vehicle license license plate (photo), while Mercedes Benz said its 2017 E-Class is the first “standard-production” vehicle to receive an autonomous license from the …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

CTA Looks Beyond the “Magnificent Seven”

by Bob Raikes

Dubravac of the CTA. Image:Meko LtdAs usual, the CES press events kicked off with a market briefing and “Technology Trends” talk by the CTA which runs CES. This year, the event was in a …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Consumer Electronics Industry| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Pioneer HUD

Automotive HUD Round-Up

by Norbert Hildebrand

With cars taking up a good portion of the CES exhibit space, the interest and availability of head up displays (HUD) was everywhere. While in the past years HUDs were a standalone technology to …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Head Up Displays HUDs| JVC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Atmel Shows Force Sensitive Touch Screen

by Norbert Hildebrand

Atmel demonstrated their touch controller line for automotive and other applications at CES, which allows input with moisture / water present as well as using a glove or a stylus. These robust touch control …

Tags:Atmel| Automotive| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 02