| AMOLED Displays to Have Major Influence on Consumer Electronics, According to Samsung Display CEO Kinam Kim May 23, 2013...Kinam Kim, CEO of Samsung Display, delivered the keynote speech on "Display
and Innovation" to attendees at the Society for Information Display's Display
Week 2013 in the Vancouver Convention Center. Kim stated, "In the cloud
computing era, AMOLED displays are most likely to have the greatest amount of
influence on innovation in smart devices."
Mr. Kim said that the future of displays will change considerably. He said
that AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) display... Dongguan University and Tsinghua University to Research LED-based Wireless Optical Communication with Resources of KingsunMay 21, 2013...Dongguan and Tsinghua University in China, signed three cooperation agreements on May 14th, including agreements to produce Dongguan Tsinghua innovation center, and the Dongguan Qingxi scientific & technological industry innovation park. Also they agreed to cooperate on LED-based wireless optical communication projects.
Both signed the agreement titled, “Further Cooperation Memorandum of Scientific Research in the Field of Optical Communication”. They will collaborate long-term in scientific research and product R&D... Samsung Showcases Displays at Display Week 2013May 21, 2013...Samsung Display, of Seoul Korea, is showcasing several technologies and
mobile to extra-large-sized display prototypes at the Society for Information
Display’s Display Week 2013, May 21-23, 2013, in the Vancouver Convention
Centre (Booth 700). These include a Full HD (1920×1080) mobile AMOLED display
with the what the company claims to be the broadest color gamut, and an 85-inch
Ultra HD (3840×2160) LCD TV panel with extremely vivid color and low power
consumption.
Samsung Display also debuted a... Permlight® Introduces X2 Technology for Sign LightingMay 21, 2013...Permlight® of Tustin, California USA, a provider of LED lighting and signage solutions, unveiled its X2 Technology (patent pending). The X2 Technology is a product of the Permlight for Signs™ brand that serves illuminated sign manufacturers. The technology alternates power between two sets of LEDs to create a sign that is consistently brighter and completely illuminated for twice as long as currently available technology. The deceptively simple design along... eMagin Claims Brightest Full Color OLED MicrodisplayMay 16, 2013...Bellvue, Washington-based eMagin claims to have developed the world’s
brightest family of lower power sipping and full color organic light emitting
diode (OLED) microdisplays. eMagin contends that the luminance of its Color
OLED-XLSTM, at 1000 nits, is four times brighter than the current industry
standard.
The company says that the new display requires just half the power compared
to the company’s current color displays of the same brightness,. It is
fully compatible with eMagin’s entire VGA, SVGA,... Daktronics Video Display System Installed at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar RapidsMay 15, 2013...Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota USA, has designed, manufactured and
installed an integrated LED video display system for the City of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. The display was installed at the home field of the Cedar Rapids Kernels,
Veterans Memorial Stadium. The stadium is a 5,300 capacity facility that opened
in 2002, replacing the original Veterans Memorial Stadium built in 1949.
“The Kernels have been very pleased through the entire process
with Daktronics,” said Andrew Pantini, communications... Osram Opto Semiconductors Joins Project to Improve Functionality of Adaptive Forward Lighting HeadlampsMay 14, 2013...Osram Opto Semiconductors is coordinating a project to develop the framework for adaptive forward lighting headlamps. The joint project, which is part of the “Photonics Research Germany” program, is in the “Integrated Microphotonics” Field of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (FMER).The goal of the project is to develop develop the technical framework for a new class of energy-efficient LED headlamps with supplementary traffic safety functions.
Adaptive forward lighting,... Larson Electronics Releases 120 Watt 365NM Ultraviolet LED Light for UV Curing ApplicationsMay 9, 2013...Larson Electronics has released the LEDLB-24E-UV-365NM ultraviolet LED light
for curing applications. According to the company, the compact UV light is
designed to provide a cost effective alternative to 400 watt UV bulbs used for
curing coatings and primer.
The LEDLB-24E-UV-365NM ultraviolet LED light bar from Larson
Electronics’ Magnalight.com reportedly combines high intensity with an
IP68 rating that makes the UV LED light bar waterproof to three meters. It
produces an ultraviolet light beam with a peak...
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