R&D (Research & Development) – Page 21

Progress Reported on Optically Rewritable LCD Technology

by Arthur Berman

Technology – A new Optical Rewritable Liquid Crystal Display (ORWLCD) technology is under development by a team in the Center for Display Research at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. ORWLCD is based on a …

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University Re-Polarises Light for More Efficient LCDs

by Raverstead

A polarising filter that lets more light pass through has been developed by engineers at the University of Utah. It could enable LCD display devices that consume less power (as the backlight would not …

Huawei Plans R&D in Korea

by Raverstead

Kevin Ho, president of Huawei’s handset product line, has said that the company is planning to build a new R&D smartphone facility in Korea. Ho did not provide any more information, saying, “we have …

eMagin Raises OLED Efficiency

by Raverstead

Details of eMagin’s final R&D contract – part of the $6.8 million awarded to the company last month (Display Monitor Vol. 21 No 41) – have been announced. $750,000 will go towards the development …

Rubber-Like Glass Stretches at Transition Point

by Raverstead

A ‘rubber-like’ glass has been developed by researchers in Japan. Scientists from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Asahi Glass have discovered a type of oxide glass that behaves differently when it is stretched …

Korea Announces OLED and Flexible Focus in R&D Budget

by Raverstead

The Korean government will put more than double the money towards OLEDs and flexible displays in 2015 than it did this year. The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology has announced a KRW12.5 billion …

R&D Core’s Touch Tech Works With Flexible Screens

by Raverstead

R&D Core, a UK-based start-up, is working with Plastic Logic to develop a resistive touch system for flexible displays. Digital Resistive Area Sensing (DRAS) layers are integrated behind a display stack, and respond to …

University of Michigan Group Shows Improved Blue PHOLED

by Helen Vince

Display Components – A paper revealing a new blue PHOLED technology that could lead to longer battery life in smartphones and other mobile devices has been published in Nature Materials by researchers at the University of …