Exhibitions / Events

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is reimagining how to connect exhibitors, customers, thought leaders and media from around the world while prioritising health and safety. Therefore, the CTA has announced that CES 2021 will be an all-digital experience.

 


Products

With the stay-at-home economy thriving in the post-pandemic era, boosting people’s time spent on home entertainment and leading TVs to become higher in resolution, larger size and even more stylish, AU Optronics Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has met viewers’ demand for uncompromising image quality and sensory experience by introducing a series of 65 to 85-inch 8K bezel-less TV displays and partnered with global consumer electronics giants to enter the premium home electronics market. Its latest developments are intended to amaze viewers through immense screens with a screen-to-body ratio close to 100%, providing an immersive and compelling visual sensation.

 


Appointments

OLEDWorks, a leading manufacturer of OLED light technology for the general lighting and automotive industries, recently announced its newest team member, Dr Kathleen Vaeth, as director of OLED User Experience (UX).

 


Companies / Markets

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg, Germany) has set up a dedicated business unit for the industrial development, manufacture, and sale of printed and organic electronics. The company has also started production at its Wiesloch-Walldorf site, investing some €5M in a complete production line for printed sensors. Sensors developed at InnovationLab (iL) in Heidelberg for use in dental technology are set to be printed first.

 


Companies / Markets

CrowdScan, a spin-off from imec and the University of Antwerp in Belgium, has developed a system that measures the density of a crowd in real-time using a wireless sensor network.