16 Oct 2009

Size unlimited for Mitsubishi's 155 inch OLED screen
Mitsubishi created a flurry of interest at Japan's consumer electronics exhibition, CEATEC earlier this month with their 155 inch OLED Screen.
External press release
12 Oct 2009

Epson and E Ink announce a new addition to the EPD controller family
Seiko Epson Corporation and E Ink Corporation announced a new jointly developed display controller IC, the S1D13522, which provides a high performance, space saving solution for E Ink's Vizplex-enabled electronic paper displays.
8 Oct 2009

Amazon's Kindle goes international
The international version of Amazon's Kindle is now available to order in 100 countries although it will be another two weeks before the devices are shipped from the US.
6 Oct 2009

Biblio - Toshiba's e-reader mobile phone
Toshiba will showcase its Biblio e-reader mobilie phone at CEATEC, Japan's largest consumer and electronics show which opens today.
1 Oct 2009

Exciting developments reported at Printed Electronics Asia
Dr Harry Zervos reports from Tokyo an overview of the first day of Printed Electronics Asia, which covered exciting developments in printed electronics and photovoltaics for East Asia.
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1 Oct 2009

Prime View Int and E Ink Corp revise merger agreement
Prime View International and E Ink Corporation revise merger agreement
19 Aug 2009

Organic electronics a two-way street with new plastic semiconductor
About 30 years ago, it was discovered that some plastics, or polymers, could conduct electricity. Since then researchers have been working to make them more efficient.
22 Jul 2009

New topics covered at Printed Electronics Asia
While some involved in OLEDs and OTFTs are moving out of the business of printed and potentially printed electronics, work on inorganic materials and compounds is increasing. The IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia event in Tokyo will give a balanced view with many presentations being World firsts.
14 Jul 2009

Energy harvesting at Holst Research Centre part two
In the power generation work for microsystems at Holst Research Centre, in Eindhoven in the Netherlands, the main focus is on 'harvesting' unused ambient energy such as body heat and stray light.
10 Jul 2009

Polymer Vision announced bankrupt
Polymer vision, the pioneer for rollable displays for mobile devices and developer of the Readius electronic reader has gone bankrupt
8 Jul 2009

RFID - Progress in Mid 2009
As forecasted by RFID Forecasts, Players, Opportunities 2009-2019, there has been a surge in orders for RFID in 2009. Despite the world's largest RFID project, the $6 billion China National ID card scheme, being completed a year earlier and now being just at replacement level, the global RFID market is rising 5% this year to $5.56 billion.
29 Jun 2009

Plextronics on OLEDs
Andy Hannah CEO of Plextronics, a global leader in OLED materials, gave a powerful message on OLEDs as a breakthrough technology at the LOPE-C conference last week.
25 Jun 2009

Huge increase in printed electronics toolkit
This year has already seen a huge increase in the choice of electronic components that can be printed or are compatible with printing in that they are thin, flexible and can support further printed circuitry on top.
8 Jun 2009

Flexible displays coming from Prime View International
At S.I.D. 2009, Ian French from Prime View International (PVI) gave an excellent presentation on progress with flexible displays.
External press release
5 Jun 2009

iRex Technologies developing a high quality, full color digital reader
The world's leading provider of e‐reading solutions, Netherlands‐based iRex Technologies, announced new progress on development of a next generation of color, writable, ultra‐thin digital readers expected to launch mid 2011.
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4 Jun 2009

Advanced flexible OLEDs closer to mass market
The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University and Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL), has introduced the first a-Si:H active matrix flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display to be manufactured directly on DuPont Teijin's polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) substrate.
1 Jun 2009

Prime View International agree to buy E Ink for $215 million
Prime View International ("PVI"), a small and medium display provider and the world's highest volume supplier of ePaper display modules, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E Ink Corporation, the leader in electronic paper display materials and intellectual property for approximately $215 million.
27 May 2009

Seiko Epson in OLED breakthrough
Seiko Epson Corporation has developed inkjet technology that represents a major breakthrough in realising 37-inch and larger full-HD OLED TVs by resolving the uneven layering that had previously been an issue with the inkjet method.
11 May 2009

The race is on to commercialize a full-color electronic reader
The race is on to make a full-color electronic reader a reality with a recent entry from researchers at the University of Cincinnati who have collaborated with Sun Chemical, Polymer Vision and Gamma Dynamics.