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LG Display invests massively in flexible OLED display production line

Monday 01 August 2016
Companies / Markets

LG Display, a major innovator of display technologies and part of the Korean LG Corporation, has announced that it will invest KRW1.99 trillion (about $1.75bn) in a new 6^th generation (1500mm x 1850mm) flexible OLED display production line in Paju, South Korea, as part of its preemptive efforts to change and lead the approaching era of flexible OLED screens for mobile devices.

Alain-Serge Porret, VP Integrated and Wireless Systems at CSEM

CSEM introduces GPS-free positioning for the Internet of Things

Wednesday 27 July 2016
Products

CSEM, a Swiss research and technology organisation, has proposed the first commercial solution based on Semtech’s LoRa technology for GPS-free geolocation of connected devices. This technological breakthrough allows the geographical tracking of LoRaWAN end-nodes without any material impact on the bill of materials or battery life, and will help enhance the industrial development of the Internet of Things (IoT).

This atomic force microscopy image of the grainy surface of a perovskite solar cell reveals a new path to much greater efficiency. Individual grains are black, low-performing facets are red, high-performing facets are green (photo: Berkeley Lab)

Discovery by Berkeley Lab could dramatically boost efficiency of perovskite solar cells

Monday 25 July 2016
Companies / Markets

Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a possible secret to dramatically boosting the efficiency of perovskite solar cells hidden in the nanoscale peaks and valleys of the crystalline material. Solar cells made from compounds that have the crystal structure of the mineral perovskite have captured scientists’ imaginations.

Highly efficient blue OLED materials will be a focus of Dr Haldi's work at CYNORA

CYNORA appoints new Chief Marketing Officer

Friday 22 July 2016
Appointments

CYNORA, a leader in blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials, has appointed Dr Andreas Haldi as its Chief Marketing Officer. With his strong technical and business experience, Haldi is expected to reinforce CYNORA in the forthcoming commercialisation of its high-performance blue OLED materials.

Lumo Run is a portable running coach (photo: lumobodytech.com)

Flex and MAS Holdings partner to drive innovation in wearable technology

Wednesday 20 July 2016
Companies / Markets

Flex, a leading sketch-to-scale solutions provider based in Singapore, has teamed up with MAS Holdings, a technology apparel design-to-delivery solutions provider from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to develop revolutionary new wearable technologies that accelerate and integrate the Intelligence of Things into clothing and enable more natural, intuitive interactions between people and technology.