Barrier films for flexible electronics will grow at 39.8% annually (CAGR) for the next decade, said Cambridge-based analyst IDTechEx. In its report, 'Barrier films for flexible electronics 2013-2023: needs, players, opportunities' the ...
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) is supplying customers with samples of Corning® Willow™ Glass, an advanced glass technology that promises to influence the shape and form of next-generation consumer electronic devices, while ...
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A new report from IHS Displaybank examined a total of 483 patents on roll-to-roll processing technologies, focusing on 32 that were flexible, OLED-related. 43 flexible OLED-related roll-to-roll application technologies and 23 roll-to-roll ...
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For years now, I dreamed of a mobile device with a huge screen, but in a compact form factor. And one way to get there is using a flexible display. Imagine curling up your iPhone or Android device and putting in your pocket, or donning ...
Corning announced its flexible Willow Glass last summer with the possibility of full production by the end of the year, but we shouldn't expect to see it in consumer electronics any time soon. That's the message from Corning Glass ...
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Epigem’s Epimesh film will used for flexible OLED development Redcar-based firm Epigem has secured €444,000 (GBP 379,355) from the EU to help deliver flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) to market. The company is a ...
Samsung Display says it has manufactured 300 million organic LED based display panels since production began in 2007. While it took Samsung Display four and a half years to reach the initial 100 million production mark for OLED panels, ...
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Technology development firm Versatilis LLC of Shelburne, VT, USA has spun out VerLASE Technologies LLC, a new venture in lasers and solid-state lighting that aims to further develop and commercialize technology that it has been developing ...
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Oliver Bussmann, CIO at SAP, boasts he has 6,000 followers on Twitter. He also makes a point of attending trade shows like the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to grab ideas on new innovations. Every year, he speaks at least ...
Flexible displays have been lurking around the future-tech corner for years: This year at CES, PlasticLogic is showing off the PaperTab, a concept product that might mean we'll all be folding and rolling our devices soon. PaperTab was ...
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The Centre of Microsystems Technology (CMST), imec’s associated laboratory at Ghent University (Belgium), announced today it has developed an innovative spherical curved LCD display, which can be embedded in contact lenses. The first ...
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Flexible OLEDs that can be rolled up or wrapped around the sides of smartphones are getting closer to reality.Samsung Electronics showed some of its prototype flexible displays at CES Wednesday and launched a new brand name for them,Youm. ...
Tags: Samsung, Flexible OLEDs, 'Youm'smartphone displays, Microsoft, IllumiRoom
Pick up your smartphone. Touch its screen. It's smooth, crystal-clear, and amazingly resilient. Chances are your smartphone is protected by a sheet of Corning Gorilla Glass. But what exactly is this Gorilla Glass? How is it fabricated and ...
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Epson has announced a controller-driver module for flexible E Ink-style displays based around Plastic Logic's organic thin-film transistor (TFT) arrays. Except for TFT gate drivers, the module (S1D13541) combines the blocks needed to ...
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Were we not promised super-thin bendable, flexible and rollable organic LED (OLED) displays? Phones like Samsung's Galaxy and HTC's Desire have shown us that the rigid versions can deliver stunning images. So where are those flexies? It ...