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Biodegradable Displays?

by Tom Allen

Researchers have been investigating the creation of biodegradable electronics, in an effort to curb the rapid rise in toxic waste that the industry generates. Illustration showing a theoretical simulation of the distribution of the …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 43

AMD & Acer Named in 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Index

by Bob Raikes

AMD and Acer featured in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America, the fourteenth consecutive appearance on the list.

Taming the Energy Use of Gaming Computers

by Jon Peddie

Gaming PCs consume roughly 75 billion kilowatt-hours per year of electricity in 2012 – 20% of global PC consumption. Evan Mills of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Nathaniel Mills of GreeningTheBeast.com just published a …

Tags:Environment| Game Playing| Power Consumption| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Samsung Monitors Take Home Green Mark

by Tom Allen

All of Samsung’s 2015 business monitors (SE200, SE450, SE650, SE650C and UE850) have earned Intertek’s Green Leaf Mark certification. The Mark is issued to products that meet a series of eco-friendly criteria. Samsung’s new …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Environment| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Nanosys Wants 25% of the QD Market (IC2)

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys, a competitor to QDVision. Nanosys was founded in 2001 and Hartlove said that it has produced 4 tonnes (enough for more than 1 million TVs) …

Ubiquitous Energy is Display Week IZone Prototype Winner

by Steve Sechrist

Winner of this year’s Best I-Zone Prototype at Display Week 2015 award was Ubiquitous Energy, an MIT start-up now based in Redwood City, CA that was showing a demo of “the world’s first truly …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Solar Panels| Steve Sechrist

Nanosys Calls for Rec 2020 Change and Explains Cadmium Issue

by Bob Raikes

Nanosys CEO Jason Hartlove explains why the firm would like to see the blue primary for Rec 2020 moved and talks about the politically-charged cadmium issue.

Tags:Environment| Nanosys| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

QD Vision Claims Cadmium QDs are Environmentally Beneficial

by Bob Raikes

QD Vision’s Seth Coe-Sullivan spoke to us to give his views on the issue of the use of cadmium in QDs.

TCO proposes Accepted Substances List

by Tom Allen

TCO Certified has stated that more information is needed about the effects of non-halogenated substances, which have been used to replace halogenated flame retardants in IT products. A new draft proposes the phase-out of …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Nanosys Achieves EPA Approval

by Tom Allen

Nanosys says that it is the first quantum dot manufacturer to complete the USA’s Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Programme review process. Approval of this process enables Nanosys to continue its production scale-up …

European Parliament Rejects Cadmium QDs

by Tom Allen

Following several months of campaigning against the possibility of cadmium-based quantum dot use being extended in the European market, Nanoco has welcomed a decision by the European Parliament to reject the move. The European …

LG TV Takes Green Award

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics has won three 2015 Edison Awards – in the Green, Energy Management and Household Environment categories. LG’s curved OLED TV (55″ EC9300) was one of the winners; the others were a heat …