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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 …

Osterhout Design Group Teams with NuEyes for Solution to Help Those with Low Vision

by Isaac Oburu

In a partnership that could change the lives of millions of people, NuEyes, a pioneer in the field of low-vision technology, and Osterhout Design Group (ODG), maker of the world’s most advanced Augmented Reality …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SmartGlasses| Wearables

IDTEchEx Predicts Huge Investments in Flexible Displays

by Tom Allen

Research firm IDTechEx holds printed electronics events twice a year: once in Berlin, and once in Santa Clara. We attended the European event at the end of April. In the past, IDTechEx held other …

More Than 66 Million Wearable Devices Will Be Shipped Annually for Use in Enterprise and Industrial Environments by 2021, According to Tractica

by Isaac Oburu

Wearables in enterprise and industrial environments continue to see high levels of interest and market momentum, as companies across a wide variety of industry sectors conduct trials and plan deployments with a diverse set …

Tags:Market Data| Wearables

Nokia Plans to Acquire Withings

by Tom Allen

Nokia is to acquire Withings S.A. to enter into the health and fitness technology segment of the IoT, which the firm expects to grow by 37% per year from 2015-2020. The deal values Withings …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Vol 23 - Issue 16| Wearables

Tech Data Official Distributors of Microsoft’s Band 2 Wearable

by Isaac Oburu

Tech Data has been appointed as the sole B2B distributor for Microsoft’s Band 2 activity tracker. Tech Data will be collaborating with Microsoft to drive interest in the new device, particularly to support resellers …

‘E-Skin’ AMOLED is Thinner Than Cling Film

by Tom Allen

An OLED display prototype, developed at the University of Tokyo, is more flexible than any type seen before – and less than quarter of the thickness of cling film (Saran wrap, to our American …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 15| Wearables

Novasentis Gets Big-time Manufacturing Partner

by Ken Werner

At CES, I was impressed with the development-stage company Novasentis and its electro-mechanical polymer (EMP) haptic actuators. Yesterday, Novasentis and Kemet Corp. jointly announced they would collaborate on the production of film-based haptic actuators …

Tags:Haptics| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 14| Wearables

And Finally… Vol 23 No 13

by Tom Allen

On the 1st April Next Thing Co. announced that its PocketC.H.I.P mini computer, launched in 2009, is set to become one of 2016’s hottest pieces of technology, thanks to the low cost of making …

Canatu Gains New CNB Customer

by Tom Allen

Canatu is celebrating another customer win for its carbon nanotube (CNB) Flex Film. The film, which detects touch signals, is used on the flexible OLED display of a customer’s curved wearable device. (However, Canatu …

Michael Kors Brings Fashion to Technology with Android Wear at Baselworld 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Michael Kors is now entering the wearables market. This fall, the company will introduce a new wearable technology accessories line, beginning with the MICHAEL KORS ACCESS display smartwatch. The launch is geared towards the …

Tags:Android Wear| Wearable Market| Wearables

Introducing the Ōura Ring “Wellness Computer”

by Arthur Berman

My Display Daily article published on March 18 was entitled “The Air A01 Mates with a Smartphone to Form a Unique Camera.” This article reported on a camera that communicates with and uses a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SmartRings| Vol 23 - Issue 11| Wearables