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Soluble Materials Still Outclassed by Evaporable

by Tom Allen

The Lighting Japan 2016 conference was held in mid-January, where Sumitomo and Merck revealed the specifications of their soluble OLED materials. Compared to Universal Display’s evaporable materials, efficacy and lifetime are lower for the …

Tim Peake to Watch Six Nations Match

by Isaac Oburu

British astronaut Major Tim Peake enjoyed live coverage of the Scotland v England Six Nations rugby match on the 6th February – in the International Space Station. Philip Bernie, Head of TV Sport for …

Toshiba Updates Forecasts, Deepens Loss

by Tom Allen

The accounting controversy that rocked Toshiba last year (Toshiba CEO Resigns Over Accounting Scandal) is still plaguing the firm, which has forecast its largest-ever loss for this fiscal year (ending in March): ¥710 billion …

Innolux Predicts Area Declines

by Tom Allen

Innolux’s president, Wang Jyh-chau, has said that the company expects its LCD panel shipments and ASPs to fall QoQ in Q1’16. Because of this, continued operating losses are forecast for the corresponding business operations. …

Nagase and Inkron Announcing Cooperation on New Optical Materials

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Japan based Nagase is announcing a collaboration with Inkron, a Finnish high tech material company, for novel optical materials based on “Inkron’s Optical Coating (IOC) products of photo-patternable dielectric and light control materials. …

Tags:Anti Glare| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Optics| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Copper Raises OLED Efficiency to 100%

by Tom Allen

Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Cynora, and the University of St Andrews have made contributions to the advancement of OLED power efficiency, using copper. Specifically, the researchers measured the underlying quantum …

And Finally… Vol 23 No 05

by Tom Allen

Everything is moving to high resolution – even your foamy beverages. The Ripple Maker, from Israeli start-up, CC, can ‘3D print’ images and text onto the foam on a cup of coffee. As our …

VR Should be for UberGeeks

by Bob Raikes

I saw this editorial in Jon Peddie’s Techwatch newsletter. I know how to save the VR market It’s being overhyped, and that will ultimately drive consumers away—I have a plan “Commentators from all corners— …

SMPTE Announces New Team for 2016

by Tom Allen

SMPTE has announced that its board of governors has named the Society’s 2016 directors and has appointed two new governors-at-large: Chris Fetner of Netflix and Leon Silverman of Disney Digital Studio Services. Bob Edge …

Netflix has HDR Plans

by Tom Allen

Netflix has already broken into the UltraHD market. Now, in an interview with Digital Trends, CPO Neil Hunt has said that the company’s next focus is HDR. All of the company’s original content is …

Solar Tectics Receives Patents for Making Large Grain Crystal Si Films

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you have not heard of Solar Tectics before, you are not alone. The company has received patents (in 2015 actually) on creating single crystal Si films at low temperatures. This is of interest …

Tags:Electron Mobility & Transport| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Polysilicon (CGS)| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Barnes & Noble Begins Month-Long Nook Promotion

by Isaac Oburu

Barnes & Noble has announced its trade-in/trade-up promotion. Customers can visit any Barnes & Noble store to take advantage of the trade-in/trade-up promotion. All Nook devices are eligible, except the Nook GlowLight Plus and …