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Better Be Flexible

by Norbert Hildebrand

One hot topic that we have been following over the years is flexible displays. The topic is of course related to the advent of OLED displays challenging LCD screens as the display of choice …

Tags:Flexible Batteries| Flexible Devices| Flexible Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Panasonic Reveals Bendable Battery at Ceatec

by Bob Raikes

Image:BBCPanasonic has shown a flexible battery at Ceatec that could be used in wearables such as watches, fitness bands and smart-clothing. It is a low capacity device and is 0.55mm thick, with a maximum …

Tags:Back Panel| Ceatec 2016| Flexible Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 23 - Issue 40

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IDTechEx Show Roundup

by Tom Allen

DuPont Teijin Films makes the organic films behind the flexible displays from, for instance, FlexEnable. Currently these require conventional (rigid) transistors, as DuPont’s are not ‘smart’ enough to do more than a very basic …

Tags:Digital Signage| DuPont| E Ink| ePaper| Film materials| Flexible Batteries| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Printed Electronics Conference 2016 (Berlin)| Vol 23 - Issue 18| Wearables

For Wearables, Power is The Elephant in the Room (WF16)

by Phillip Wright

The 2015 SID Display Week Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference hosted a session and panel discussion on the role of and limitations for wearables imposed by power consumption and battery size, type and capacity. The …

Tags:Batteries| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Flexible Batteries| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wearables

TVs and Tablets to Dominate OLED Share

by Tom Allen

OLED panel revenue fell 4% YoY in 2014, says Korea’s UBI Research, due to low sales of the Galaxy S5. Additionally, many TV manufacturers -including Samsung – are now looking at quantum dot LCD …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Batteries| Flexible Devices| Flexible Displays| Flexible PCBs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Battery Raises Capacity, Withstands 1 Million Folds

by Tom Allen

Rolled, crumpled or neatly folded into an origami swan, the battery will operate.Jenax of South Korea has developed a new flexible battery, which is as thin as paper. The J.Flex can be folded, twisted …

Tags:Batteries| Flexible Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung to Commercialise Rollable Batteries

by Raverstead

Samsung has shown a rollable battery, for wearables, at the Interbattery Technology Exhibition trade show in Korea. The work of researchers at the Samsung Technology Centre, the company said that the battery will be …

Tags:Flexible Batteries| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 45

‘Crumpled’ Graphene Used in Stretchable Supercapacitor

by Super User

A research team in the USA has devised a way to create a stretchable supercapacitor, which can be used to store large amounts of energy. ‘The development of flexible electronic devices, such as wearable …

Tags:Batteries| Flexible Batteries| Graphene| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21