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Updates from CES 2017

A team of IDTechEx analysts attended CES 2017 in the first week of January. Our aim was to cover all of the latest updates and trends in each of the topics that we cover. In this exclusive premium article, we report our observations in the VR, AR/MR, smartwatch & fitness tracker, sensors, air quality monitoring, displays and haptics spaces.

Advanced intelligent consumer and industrial robots

The lineup includes a home robot that doubles as a smart home gateway and intelligent home notification center, enhancing convenience in users' day-to-day lives. LG is also taking the power of IoT and smart technology outside of the home with advanced robots designed for use in airports and other public spaces.

CES 2017- Day 1, January 5th, 2017

The excitement has been building up in Las Vegas over the past few days with media days and press conferences, expectations have been riding high and the opening day of CES did not disappoint. Dr Harry Zervos reports from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Announcements to get the year started - CES Media Day, Jan 4th, 2017

Dr Zervos, Principal Analyst with IDTechEx, will be reporting daily from Las Vegas, Nevada this week, where he is attending CES 2017.

Super UHD TV lineup featuring nano cell technology

Employing the most advanced color-enhancing LCD panel technology to date, LG Electronics' SUPER UHD TVs featuring Nano Cell technology are expected to take LCD TV viewing to a whole new level.

Business Center for European Companies Opens in Korea

The Gyeonggi-do Europe Business Center has been established in Korea to help European companies enter the Korean market.

Optodot Corporation

Optodot is a US-based company that produces boehmite coatings for Li-ion battery separators. In 2016, LGChem signed a patent licensing agreement with the company.

Less is more in smart eyewear

With the recent launch and announcement of two smart eyewear products in two weeks, IDTechEx Technology Analyst James Hayward looks back at the checkered history of smart eyewear, and examines what the differences will be with this new generation of products.

Panasonic view of the Tesla Gigafactory

Panasonic is a $70 billion giant with strongly rising profitability and a place in the first division of battery manufacturers greatly boosted by its acquisition of Sanyo. It has shipped over 180 billion batteries since 1931.

LG Display invests in flexible OLED display production line

LG Display, the world's leading innovator of display technologies, has announced that it will invest KRW1.99 trillion in a new 6th generation (1,500mm x 1,850mm) flexible OLED display production line in Paju, South Korea,

Flexible textile pressure sensors

LG Innotek has announced the development of new concept textile flexible pressure sensors. This sensor senses pressure from the entire surface of the sensor and it is even bendable.

Hybrid and electric systems R&D at the U.S.-DOE

This paper first presented at EVS29 Montreal Canada provides an overview of the Fiscal Years 2015-2016 Hybrid and Electric Systems research and development activities - with emphasis on its advanced electric drive research -funded by the Vehicles Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Event report: Display Week 2016

This slideshow includes the highlights from Display Week in San Francisco, with a special emphasis on OLED, quantum dots, and Augmented Reality.

Tesla - Residential Energy Storage

Tesla Motors is well known as an electric vehicle maker. But it also has business in energy storage sector, especially with the launch of Powerwall/Powerpack, which is a significant part of its future business and layout.

Aztrong

AzTrong is a Taiwanese graphene company strong focused on end applications. It has so far raised $6m and is scaling up an rGO process and targets the energy storage, thermal interface material and e-textile applications.

Plastic and flexible OLED displays market to reach $18bn by 2020

IDTechEx Research has just released new forecasts for the OLED display market.

2015 - A great year for large-sized lithium-ion batteries

Electric bus is a game changer in the battery market.

IDTechEx Show! Berlin grows 27%

IDTechEx Research announced today that Europe's largest event on emerging technologies, IDTechEx Show! held in Berlin on 27-28 April, grew 27% vs. last year's event. This year's exhibition and conference featured attendees from 57 countries with 171 exhibitors and 2,300 attendees.

Innovative fingerprint sensor module

LG Innotek has announced an under glass fingerprint sensor module.