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Tohoku University Works on Flexible LCDs

by Norbert Hildebrand

Researchers from the Tohoku University announced results from their work on LCD based flexible displays. Up to now, the term flexible display has been strongly related with the OLED display technology. Now the research …

A Novel Means of Wireless Charging is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

Consumers would clearly appreciate a better means to charge mobile electronic devices. Current technologies, such as charging pads and cables, are inconvenient and restrict device mobility. This issue is being addresses by a research …

Tags:Metasurfaces| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 23 - Issue 42| Wireless Charging

Smartphone Forecast Drops as Competition Builds

by Steve Sechrist

For the second time in three months market research firm IDC cut its smartphone forecast amid maturing world-wide markets as competitive forces continue to build in the space. New research released this week from …

Biomineralization of Quantum Dots

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Researchers at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, are looking into improved production methods for nanoparticles. Quantum dots (QDs) are the nanoparticle of greatest interest to the display industry but they are certainly not the …

Tags:Quantum Dots| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Fraunhofer Uses FEP to Boost OLED Resolution

by Bob Raikes

Fraunhofer’s FEP (Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology) is to present two papers at the forthcoming SID event on a new way of creating OLEDs with very high pixel density using …

Why Big Companies Can Struggle to Innovate

by Bob Raikes

If you’ll excuse me for a moment, I want to head off from a display-only topic to talk about a general business issue, that is to say, innovation. In a recent article, one of …

Tags:HP Inc| Intel| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Samsung Silicon Valley HQ to Open

by Bob Raikes

Samsung opened two big new buildings in Sillicon Valley to act as a centre for innovation and support for its US clients. In San Jose, a new 10 storey (102,000m²) building for up to …

TSMC Sets Highest R&D Budget

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has increased its research and development budget for the year by 16% to an all time high of $2.2 billion. Last year the company spent $1.9 billion on R&D, rolling …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Of Continuous Liquid Processing (CLIP) and Modular Devices

by Steve Sechrist

Word has come to light of a new continuous liquid interface process (CLIP) for short, that allows 3D ‘printed’ objects to rise out of a kind of primordial (resin) stew – in whole, “grown” …

The End of an Era (Final Chapter)

by Aldo Cugnini

Philips Research will close its Briarcliff labs and move the operation to a technology hub in Massachusetts, the company quietly announced last October. According to a letter to staff from Philips Research head Hans-Aloys …

Tags:DTV| Philips| R&D (Research & Development)| Video Encoders & Decoders| Vol 22 - Issue 12

07 Fraunhofer Working on QD LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Christian Ippen is from the Fraunhofer IAP and he also talked about QDs, which the Fraunhofer is researching. His introduction covered some of the ground that 3M had been over. The Fraunhofer uses an …

BBC Gives Public Insight Into Future of Broadcast

by Tom Allen

The BBC has opened its innovation labs up to the public – sort of – in the form of a website called BBC Taster (http://tinyurl.com/nc73f46). Users can visit the site and see what the …