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The US company Spike Aerospace, headquartered in Boston, MA, reported on its new innovation, the Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet, in a blog post at the beginning of the year. In the future, passengers will be able to travel from New York City to London in less than 4 hours, or from Las Vegas to Tokyo in…
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Cambrios Technologies Corporation, the market leader in silver nanowire technology (SNW), announced the launch of its next generation of ClearOhm® material in early October 2014.
Silver nanowire technology has many advantages for next-generation devices, including curved or rollable touchscreens.…
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As we recently learned, Tactus Technology and Wistron Corporation announced their strategic manufacturing and investment partnership on their website in mid-April 2014.
California-based Tactus Technology is a pioneer in on-demand tactile surface development. And Wistron Corporation is one of the…
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Bob Mackey has been a Senior Scientist at the US company Synaptics since 2002. During the "Printed Electronics Europe 2013 Conference" in April 2013, he gave a presentation on "Is Metal Mesh the ITO Replacement for Touch Screens?" (Is Metal Mesh the ideal replacement for ITO in the field of…
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In April of this year, the Swiss research institution "Empa", headed by Prof. Dr. Ayodhya Tiwari, announced a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly production method for transparently conductive coatings in the ETH Domain. How they are used as so-called TCO's in tablets, laptops,…
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At the beginning of February 2014, US designer Matthaeus Krenn from San Francisco designed a new type of surface control system for touchscreens for navigation and infotainment purposes in cars. With the help of this alternative operating concept, he wants to make it easier for drivers to operate…
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Wearable electronic devices (wearables) are becoming more and more popular, so we won't tell you anything new. There are now more and more touchscreen manufacturers who use new manufacturing processes to produce flexible touch surfaces. The brittle and less flexible glass surface has become…
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Just last week, we reported on the research results of CLS (Canadian Light Source) in Saskatoon on graphene in a block article. The results gave hope that it will soon be possible to produce foldable graphene-based electronic devices.
News from the Display Innovation Show 2014
The company…
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Capacitive touch technology is constantly evolving. Not only in trade, agriculture or the medical sector. In industry, too, companies are increasingly relying on high-quality PCAP touchscreens. Because in the harsh industrial working environment where liquids, chemicals or heavy dirt are part of…
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Silver nanoparticles are a good substitute for ITO (indium tin oxide) for the production of transparent electrodes. They are used in novel technologies such as touchscreens, solar cells, smart windows and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).
Optimized synthesis method for AgNWs
At the beginning…
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Producing innovative, technical aids such as touchscreens and smartphones for seniors is not really new. Only not yet so widespread on the German market. Japanese companies have been leading the way for several years - with success. In Japan, one in five people is already 65 years or older. And the…
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At the last Mobile HCI 2013 there was a short paper by Elba del Carmen Valderrama Bahamondez, Technological University of Panama, as well as Thomas Kubitza, Niels Henze and Albrecht Schmidt from the University of Stuttgart on the topic of Analysis of Children's Handwriting on Touchscreen Phones.
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In November 2013, the GLADIATOR consortium announced the launch of the GLADIATOR research project on its website. The goal of GLADIATOR (Graphene Layers: Production, Characterization and Integration) is to improve the quality and size of CVD graphene layers and reduce their production costs within…
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The technology company Nissha Printing Co. Ltd has started a cooperation with the US company C3Nano Inc. in the field of silver nanowire ink. The aim of the joint development activities in this area is to create the next generation of conductive material par excellence by the 2017 financial year.…
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LG Electronics, a leading global manufacturer of consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, announced in mid-2014 that it wants to set new standards in the field of Ultra HD-capable flexible TV screens. The company is very confident about a planned production line of 60 inch (…
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The lottery company used to rely on standard 5 wire resistive touch screens. Unfortunately, the real requirements for a standard 5 wire resistive touch screen in the harsh professional environment were simply too high.
The Solution: Glass Film Glass Technology
The lifespan of a good 5 wire…
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At the beginning of the year, the new touchscreen multifunction display in the new Volvo XC90 was presented at the major car shows. It is scheduled for release in autumn 2014.
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LCDs (Liquid Crystal Displays), touch screens, solar cells and flexible displays use transparent, conductive, thin film electrodes. Indium tin oxide (ITO = indium tin oxide) is the most commonly used material for these applications.
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Quality control and sophisticated test procedures are often the key to the reliability and longevity of touchscreen products. Many manufacturers already offer technically and economically viable test procedures in this area. This article provides an overview of the common standards for quality…
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At the end of last year, the Leverkusen-based Heraeus Electronic Materials Division, a global supplier of PPS conductive polymers, announced its partnership with the Korean company DaeHa Mantech. As part of the partnership, the product Clevios F DH will be jointly marketed.
DaeHa Mantech from Korea…