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Electroninks Circuit Scribe brand will begin offering 7-segment modular electrochromic displays as a component of their pen-on-paper prototyping kits (photo: Ynvisible)

Ynvisible Interactive and Electroninks bring electrochromics to educational consumer electronics

Ynvisible Interactive Inc. (Vancouver, Canada), a leader in in electrochromic interfaces and printed electronics, announces a partnership with Electroninks and their consumer product line, Circuit Scribe, a market leader in educational consumer electronics and electronic inks. The collaboration creates a unique opportunity to integrate electrochromics into the Electronink’s Circuit Scribe Kits aimed at consumer markets.

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Headphones produced by means of biotechnology (photo: VTT)

VTT: Headphones made from biomaterials produced by yeast and fungal mycelium

Microbially grown materials can be used to replace oil-based materials in various everyday consumer products – such as headphones. A project team comprising research scientists, industrial designers and documentarians wanted to prove this possible and produced a set of headphones in their project Korvaa, the plastic and leather components of which were grown by microbes. The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto University produced the materials, Aivan took care of industrial design, and Fotoni Film documented and photographed the progress of the project.

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LG’s CES appearance included the ‘OLED Falls’ (photo: LG)

‘LG OLED Falls’ exhibit highlighted at CES 2019

A unique, immersive installation of eye-popping, flexible displays from LG Electronics (LG) was showcased to attendees at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. The “LG OLED Falls” display featured 260 LG OLED digital signage screens, in curved and flat configurations, giving tens of thousands of CES visitors a one-of-a-kind experience of natural wonders.

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