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In its report "Forschung Kompakt 01/2017", the Fraunhofer Institute reports that Fraunhofer researchers at the Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden, together with partners from industry and research, have succeeded for the first time in developing…
Touch Screen
So far, touchscreens are always designed for a specific device in terms of size and shape. However, this does not have to be the case in the future. At the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, research in the field of sensory films has been going on for years. With success, as the…
Embedded HMI
Human Machine Interface or HMI is the basis of simple, intuitive communication between man and machine. First and foremost, mobile devices for the end user are being considered, i.e. smartphones and tablets for private use or use in the office. It is only in the second instance that HMI systems are…
Industrial Monitor
At the end of 2012, the US technology blog Business Insider announced in an article that the tablet market is expected to rise to 450 million devices in 2016. The blog had ushered in the entry into the post-PC era. At that time, the tablet market had hardly any significant competition to the iPad.…
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Mobile applications for the medical field and healthcare have been on the rise lately. More and more companies are developing new services and products that are not only aimed at caring for the patient or treating chronic diseases.
Annual growth rate high
According to a recent market forecast by…
Embedded HMI
Many applications in the medical field are still predominantly designed for control with keyboard and mouse. However, since the use of touch-based devices has become indispensable in everyday life, a rethink is also necessary here. Many new devices in operating theatres or waiting rooms are already…
Embedded HMI
In mid-2016, the independent information company IDTechEx published a new industry analysis with market forecasts for "wearables" for the next 10 years 2016 to 2026. Wearable technologies mainly concern electronic devices such as touchpads, smartphones, smartwatches, fitness trackers as well as…
Embedded HMI
For some time now, the car manufacturer Audi has been able to convince customers with its virtual cockpit. More and more models are equipped with a 12.3-inch TFT display. There, all the necessary information (e.g. speedometer, rev counter, consumption, etc.) is presented to the driver directly in…
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Every year, the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) takes place in Las Vegas. The next trade fair is scheduled for 5 to 8 January 2017. Once again, well-known car manufacturers will be represented to present their developments of the future. The Bavarian carmaker BMW has announced an innovative…
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When designing products or services, the product designers behind them often bring the term UX into play. The abbreviation User Experience, which comes from English, means to German: user experience. This refers to the experience that the product or service evokes in people (i.e. users) when they…
Industrial Monitor
In 2010, the two physicists Sir Andre Geim and Sir Kostia Novoselov received the Nobel Prize in Physics. The reason for this was their groundbreaking experiment with regard to the two-dimensional material "graphene". Since then, research institutes have been springing up like mushrooms to research…
Touch Screen
Graphene is the new wonder material for large-area flexible electronics. Particularly hard and resilient, as it is a chemical relative of diamonds, coal or the graphite of pencil leads - only better, because it conducts electricity and heat extremely well and is extremely flexible. In addition,…
Touch Screen
Since its discovery and especially since the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, graphene has been considered a new wonder material for electronic applications. This is because it is light, strong, almost transparent, flexible and is therefore regarded as an equivalent substitute for indium tin oxide (ITO…
Industrial Monitor
As simple as the question is, the answer can be as diverse. Graphene has numerous excellent properties, as well as excellent flexibility and almost complete transparency. Due to the many advantages, the material can be used very flexibly in the first place. However, you don't have to provide all…
Industrial Monitor
There are now many touchscreen technologies. Which one is the best depends on the intended use. We briefly show how the individual technologies differ.
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In the December 2015 issue of the journal "Advanced Energy Materials", a research report by Nanyang Technological University in Singapore was published under the name "Highly Stable Transparent Conductive Silver Grid/PEDOT:PSS Electrodes for Integrated Bifunctional Flexible Electrochromic…
Industrial Monitor
When it comes to military-grade touchscreens, reliability and durability are always paramount. If, for example, touch displays are used for military vehicles, whether in standard size or large format, then ULTRA touchscreens (which are a resistive touch technology) are the first choice. This is…
Embedded HMI
Technology gadgets such as tablets or smartphones have already become an indispensable part of our lives. Many manufacturers are thinking about how to integrate these new technologies even further into our life cycles. There are now numerous companies specializing in interior design that are trying…
Embedded HMI
Kevin Ashton, the co-founder and then director of the Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was the first to use the phrase "Internet of Things" in a lecture in 1999. The primary goal of the Internet of Things is to unite our virtual world with the real world.
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The age of the Internet of Things (IoT) has long since begun to change our lives. Every year, more new applications are created, and at CeBIT we are presented with the latest market trends that connect us humans with the IoT.