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OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have started selling what appears to be the first OLED lighting product. Its brightness level is usually 1,000cd/m² with power input of less than a watt. In ideal operating conditions it has a lifespan of [...] G24 Innovations (G24i) and consumer electronics bag manufacturer Mascotte Industrial Associates are announcing the world’s first commercial product using Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC): The G24i photovoltaic panel will be integrated into a range of bags targeting the consumer market. The panel will harvest energy while used outdoors as well as in low light conditions indoors – [...] Citala are making flexible, reflective displays using roll-to-roll manufacturing. The Active Pixel Display (APD™) technology is based on their proprietary Onyx™ layer sandwiched between two ITO coated PET foils. A matel layer is added for reflective displays. First products include displays for smart-cards, reconfigurable keypads for mobile devices, and optical-shutter windows. In the future Citala also [...] PolyIC, “The chip printers”, are announcing two product lines: PolyID® (RFID) and PolyLogo® (with additional display function). Applications of products from the PolyID® and PolyLogo® lines will be presented at OEC [Organic Electronics Conference] 2007. PolyIC presents applications in the fields of brand protection, voucher systems, marketing, and logistics. Within the PRISMA (Printed Smart Labels) project, [...] Konarka (organic photovoltaics) and Toppan Forms (Data Print Services and information management services) have signed a joint agreement to accelerate the development, manufacturing and commercialization of polymer-based organic photovoltaic (OPV) technologies for consumer and electronic applications. Under the agreement, the mutual goal is to bring Konarka’a organic photovoltaic material, Power Plastic®, to market. “Konarka’s Power Plastic is [...] Cartamundi, Europe’s largest manufacturer of playing cards and card games, and Thin Film Electronics, developers of printed organic memory devices, have entered into a commercial License Agreement and a joint R&D Program. Cartamundi will use Thinfilm’s patented technology and will now enter into a joint R&D project with the objective to include memory capabilities for the development, [...] According to DigiTimes, Chi Mei EL Corporation (CMEL), a Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) subsidiary, started [to] volume produce active-matrix (AM) OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panels in May, with monthly capacity able to reach 500,000 2-inch equivalent panels at present. E Ink announced the launch of a faster a brighter version of its electrophoretic display medium: Previous Generation Imaging Film Typical Switch Speed 1200 ms 740 ms Peak Switch Speed (monochrome) 500 ms 260 ms Brightness (typical reflectance) 32-35% 40% Supported Grayscale Levels 4 levels (2-bit) 8 levels (3-bit) Further: E Ink and PrimeView International (PVI), the pioneer and currently the world’s sole active matrix EPD maker, jointly [...] According to Reuters, Sony are planning to be the first to bring OLED TVs to the Market later this year.
At a display forum in Tokyo, customers, suppliers, and even rival TV makers turned their backs on 50-inch and bigger TVs to throng before Sony’s tiny 11-inch OLED TVs. Konica Minolta (KM) and General Electric (GE) announced a strategic alliance agreement to accelerate the development and commercialization of OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) devices for lighting applications. The goal is to bring OLED lighting to market within the next 3 years. [...] On June 30, 2006, KM announced that it had successfully developed a white OLED [...] Polymer Vision (Eindhoven, NL) has announced its cooperation with Innos (Southampton, UK) to manufacture rollable displays: Following 10 years of research, Polymer Vision has spent the past three years processing displays in its own pilot facility in Eindhoven to develop the technology to maturity. Polymer Vision and Innos will together transfer the process technology and finalise [...] At this year’s CES Sony is presenting a 27-inch OLED TV With a contrast ratio of greater than 1,000,000:1 (not a misprint) to go with its 1080p resolution, and >100% NTSC color reproduction. The Register has more details The two displays, bevels included, were just 5mm thick. The first display is a compact, 11in model with a native [...] Plastic Logic announced that it has raised $100 million to build a factory for flexible active matrix display modules in Dresden (Germany). To fund this comprehensive commercialization program, Plastic Logic has completed a first closing of $100 million of equity finance led by Oak Investment Partners and Tudor Investment Corporation. Existing investors Amadeus, which led the [...] Motorola has started selling the low-cost ‘MOTOFONE’ in India. It is the first mobile phone to feature an electrophoretic (in this case supplied by e-ink) display. It appears to be a segmented (passive matrix) display, reminiscent of LCD displays on calculators and watches. HurraFussball, an interactive trading card game developed by printed systems and Menippos, is the first commercial product based on printed organic electronics. [press release in german] |
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