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‘Flip’ Through Pages With Active Haptic Feedback

by Tom Allen

Researcher’s from Queen’s University (Canada) have developed a prototype flexible OLED display using ‘active haptic feedback’ – that is, flexing – for control. The 6″ display is a full-colour unit (1280 x 720) from …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 06

2016FLEX to Attract More Experts

by Isaac Oburu

The 15th Flexible and Printed Electronics Conference and Exhibition (2016FLEX) that will be held at the Monterey Marriott California. Organisers expect over 600 attendees. The event is to be held between the 29th February …

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 …

ITRI Surpasses 85% Flexible Yields

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has passed 85% yields for its flexible electronics, according to domestic sources. These include screens, touch modules and electrode films.

FlexEnable’s Semiconductor Enables Uniform Plastic FPDs

by Tom Allen

FlexEnable, working with the UK government and other partners, has developed a proof-of-concept plastic LCD display. The project is known as PORSCHED (Printable Organic Semiconductors for Highly Enhanced Displays). FlexEnable worked on it with …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 41

SEMI Signs Flextech Alliance

by Tom Allen

SEMI, the global industry association serving the micro- and nanoscale electronics industries, has announced that the Flextech Alliance has become a SEMI Strategic (Association) Partner. As part of SEMI, the Flextech Alliance will continue …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Flextech Alliance| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 40

TouchTurns Creates 3D Sensors

by Tom Allen

US-based TouchTurns said that it has developed flexible and 3D-formable capacitive touchscreen sensors. They are designed for use in consumer and business products, replacing traditional buttons with flexible, foldable or rollable touchscreen interfaces, or …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 39

FlexTech Alliance Secures $75 Million DoD Funding

by Helen Vince

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded FlexTech Alliance $75 million in federal funding to establish and manage a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) for Flexible Hybrid Electronics. The award will be made over …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Flexible Encapsulation Worth $184 Billion in Five Years

by Tom Allen

The market for flexible barrier manufacturing will be worth $184 million by 2020, says IDTechEx. Single-layer solutions, such as flexible glass and atomic layer deposition (ALD) will capture part of the market. Due to …

Polyera Announces Flexible Watch for 2016

by Norbert Hildebrand

While we are all talking about the smartwatch and especially the latest model from Apple, Polyera has announced a watch with a flexible display for release in 2016. In this case, not only is …

QDs Used in ‘Green’ Flexible Paper

by Tom Allen

Scientists are reporting (in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces) new progress towards flexible electronics. They have developed light-emitting, flexible and transparent paper, using environmentally-friendly materials. A suction-filtration method was used in the …

Tags:ePaper| Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Laser Pulse Prints Flexible Transistor

by Tom Allen

Researchers at the Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology have succeeded in printing silicon on a substrate. Previous work in printing circuitry has focused on organic and metal-oxide inks, but these materials have a lower …