Panasonic will put its money-losing LCD panel business under the automotive and industrial systems segment July 1 with an eye toward reducing dependence on television applications. The LCD business is now part of the audiovisual ...
For its fiscal fourth-quarter (ended 27 April), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported its seventh consecutive quarter of sequential revenue growth, to a record $306m (up ...
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QD Laser Inc of Kanagawa, Japan and the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics (NanoQuine) at the University of Tokyo have announced the development of wearable see-through display Laser Eyewear (LEW) based on laser retina ...
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BASF increased spending on research and development to €1.8 billion (2012: €1.7 billion) in 2013. "In absolute terms, we lead the field in the chemical industry with our research and development expenditures," said Dr. Andreas ...
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The market for large-sized liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels is set for a moderate seasonal decline in the first quarter after a busy end-of-year in 2013 that saw record shipments for TV and tablet panels, according to a new report from ...
Sony Corp will reduce by about three-quarters the number of its parts suppliers to speed up development of its electronic products, the Nikkei reported on Thursday. Sony, which currently has about 1,000 suppliers, plans to reduce the ...
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When swimming around, bacteria aren't good with the "pool rules."? In small quantities, they'll follow the lanes, but put enough together and they'll begin to create their own flow. In a collaboration between the U.S. Department of ...
A British scientist whose work helped form the basis for flat-screen TVs, computers and mobile phone displays has won AkzoNobel's UK Science Award for 2014. Professor John Goodby, FRS, Chair of Materials Chemistry at the University of ...
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Driven by surging demand from the lighting, tablet and cellphone backlighting segments, global revenue for gallium nitride (GaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) rose 10.6% from $11.2bn in 2012 to $12.4bn in 2013, but this could mark the last ...
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Researchers of the University of Twente's MESA+ research institute have developed spiral ribbons made of molecules, that are able to convert light into complex macroscopic motion. Therefore, they managed to amplify molecular motion and ...
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Toyota has enhanced the credentials of its best-selling HiLux workhorse by decking out popular Double Cab variants with new safety and convenience technologies. HiLux - the most popular vehicle of its type in Australia - now offers ...
Liquid crystals are remarkable materials that combine the optical properties of crystalline solids with the flow properties of liquids, characteristics that come together to enable the displays found in most computer monitors, televisions ...
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Car audio supplier Rockford Corp. is going to International CES with new products under the Rockford Fosgate and Lightning brands, and it's putting the Blaupunkt brand back into the North American marine-audio market after an absence of at ...
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International conglomerate The 3M Company and nanotech startup Cambrios Technologies jointly announced this week that 3M would be marketing a suite of products that will be based on conductors made from Cambrios silver nanowire ink. The ...
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