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Kyocera Receives Ninth ‘Recycler of the Year’ Award

by Isaac Oburu

Kyocera has been honoured by the City of San Diego with a ‘2016 Recycler of the Year’ award, for its recycling and waste reduction efforts. Kyocera has received the award nine times now, and …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Environment| Kyocera| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Recycling| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Kyocera’s Smartphone Goes Haptic

by Isaac Oburu

Kyocera is using Immersion’s TouchSense haptic technology in its new DuraForce XD 5.7″ Android smartphone. TouchSense controls the actuators in the device to create tactile effects.

Tags:Back Panel| Kyocera| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Parade and Samsung Work on eDP OLED Tcon

by Tom Allen

Parade Technologies is working with Samsung Display, to deliver AMOLED panels for the tablet and notebook markets. Together, the companies developed the DP699 eDP timing controller (Tcon), which is used exclusively in SDC’s AMOLED …

Tags:AMOLED| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Parade Technologies Inc| Samsung| Tcons (Timing Controllers)| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Semtech Chosen for Broadcast Encoder

by Tom Allen

DS Broadcast is using Semtech’s portfolio of 12G-SDI solutions in its BGE9000 UltraHD TV broadcast encoder. The encoder is currently being used in UltraHD broadcast trials in South Korea.

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcast| Cable| Encoders| Large Display Monitor| SDI| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 15

TCO Celebrates New Certifications

by Tom Allen

26 new notebook and tablet computers were certified under the new, more advanced TCO Certified sustainability criteria in March and April. These products are recognised as containing fewer hazardous substances, such as heavy metals. …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Tcons (Timing Controllers)| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Fraunhofer Shows Ultra-Thin Glass Results

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP will show off its newest developments in ultra-thin glass at SVC TechCon 2016, held from the 9th – 13th May in Indianapolis, USA. The organisation’s most recent focus is sheet-to-sheet coatings of …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Fraunhofer| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 15

Schott Glass Takes Innovation Award

by Tom Allen

Dr. Frank Heinricht, chairman of the board of Schott AG (right), with Klaus von Klitzing, Nobel Laureate in Physics (middle) and Jan Hofer, German journalist (left)Schott’s ultra-thin glass has won the 2016 German Industry …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Germany| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 15

HTC Chooses Himax for HTC 10

by Tom Allen

Himax has said that its HX8396-C display driver IC is being used in the HTC 10 smartphone. The chip is designed for high-end TFT-LCD phone displays. Neither Himax nor HTC said why the IC …

Tags:Back Panel| Himax| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 15

CDS Hails TOLED Arrival

by Tom Allen

To celebrate the arrival of its transparent OLED Lucid Vue display, Crystal Display Systems will hold a roadshow in London at the end of the month. Interested parties should email Meghan Mudge on [email protected].

Tags:AMOLED| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 15

LG Uses Idemitsu Materials

by Tom Allen

LG’s newest OLED TVs use materials from Idemitsu Kosan, the Japanese company has said. The firms have had a strategic OLED alliance in place since 2009.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Materials| Vol 23 - Issue 15

NBC Chooses Leyard LEDs

by Tom Allen

NBC Olympics, a division of US broadcaster NBC, has chosen to use Leyard’s LED video walls for its production of this year’s Olympic Games. Leyard will supply NBC with three TVH Series LED video …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Olympics| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Sony Brings Digital to Denmark

by Tom Allen

A new gallery in the town of Østervrå, in Denmark, is using Sony’s Bravia professional displays to showcase the work of leading Danish photographers. The PixlArt gallery is Denmark’s first all-digital gallery, using Sony’s …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 14