Jun 01

Sony’s new 11.7-inch OLED panel boasts better colors, longer lifespan

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Sony may have killed production of its groundbreaking XEL-1 OLED TV, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t necessarily working on a followup — it’s just unveiled a new and improved, and similarly sized OLED panel at SID 2010 last week. Apparently, the big advance with this display comes courtesy of the oxide semiconductor TFT (also known as IGZO) used for the OLED panel, which Sony was able to tweak enough to deliver a ten year lifespan — with average use, we presume. What’s more, while the panel still packs the same 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and 960 x 540 resolution as the XEL-1, it does increase the brightness to 600 cd/m2 (up from 200 before), and Sony says it has a significantly improved color gamut as well. Of course, it is still just a prototype, and it’s not 3D, so any eventual products using it might not be Sony’s top priority at the moment.

Sony’s new 11.7-inch OLED panel boasts better colors, longer lifespan originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 30

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: electric cars, solar planes, and really sweet lights

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This week several ultra-efficient transportation stories got Inhabitat’s engines running as we watched a custom built Daihatsu Mira EV travel a record-breaking 623 miles on a single charge. Unfortunately we don’t expect to see that hypermiler hitting the states anytime soon, but at least we won’t have to wait long to get behind the wheel of Toyota’s Prius Alpha MPV, which is set to launch next year. And if air travel is more your speed, why not take to the skies aboard this zero-emission Elektra airplane, which spends its downtime soaking up the suns rays in a solar hangar.

While the iPad and its kin are making waves today, we can’t wait to see the next generation of devices that implement Sony’s new energy-efficient OLED displays, which are thinner than a strand of human hair.

This week Inhabitat also showcased an incredible spectrum of eco-efficient repurposed designs as we unveiled 23 finalists in our Spring Greening DIY Design Contest. Perhaps you recycle your cardboard and Coke cans, but if you’re looking for a bit of inspiration from master design-recyclers check out this pendant lamp made from hundreds of soda tabs, this Cone Light made from repurposed traffic cones, and this chandelier composed almost entirely of six-pack rings. We were also wowed by these garments made from recycled video tape that showcase an analogue take on high-tech couture and this stunning lamp made from strips of old film.

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: electric cars, solar planes, and really sweet lights originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 30 May 2010 20:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 26

Video: Flexible Sony Screen Can Be Wrapped Around a Pencil

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Forget the iPad, the HP Slate or pretty much any tablet. For true portable big-screen computing we want the roll-up screen that sci-fi has promised us since forever. That dream edges ever closer, and Sony is now helping it along with a flexible display that can be wrapped around a pencil.

The 4.1-inch OLED screen is thin. So thin that it is measured in micrometers. 80μm to be precise: A human hair is a comparatively hefty 100μm.

Sony’s trick was to make the circuitry itself flexible. By marrying the OLED screen with OTFTs (organic thin-film transistors), and using organic, soft insulators therein, a display can be made that shows movies whilst being rolled and stretched. This is the first display ever that can manage this. But enough of the science talk. You want to see it in action, right? Prepare to be amazed:

Pretty cool, huh? And actually not as far into the future as you might think: The other trick is the manufacturing process. The organic components can be dissolved in common solvents, from which the screens are printed instead of being assembled. This should bring costs down far enough to be used in e-paper or even screen-equipped RFID tags. Those uses are rather dull, though. How much cooler would it be to read Wired’s brand-new electronic magazine on one single sheet of electronic paper? The future is almost here.

Sony Develops a Rollable OTFT-driven OLED Display that can wrap around a Pencil [Sony via Akihabara News]

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May 26

Sony’s rollable OLED display can wrap around a pencil, our hearts (video)

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Nothing says “future” quite like a rollable display. Today Sony’s giving us a glimpse into what will one day be with its 80μm-thick organic TFT-driven OLED display. The 4.1-inch display integrates Sony organic thin-film transistors and OLED technology onto a flexible 20μm substrate lacking any rigid driver IC chips. As such it can be wrapped around a cylinder with a 4-mm minimum radius. Display specs include a 432 x 240 pixel resolution (121ppi) supporting 16M colors while exceeding 100nits brightness and a 1,000:1 contrast. It’s still research, but it’s clearly advancing towards product… someday. See it in action after the break.

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May 24

Samsung demos 19-inch transparent AMOLED display

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We don’t know what kind of display-making genii Samsung has locked away in its R&D labs, but the Korean giant is once again demonstrating a world’s first. This time we’re looking at a 19-inch transparent AMOLED display, taking the technology up from the 14-inch model we saw live at CES in January. The company has now achieved a 30 percent transparency on its designs, and its ideas for how they may be used are fittingly futuristic. Samsung envisions storefront advertising, à la your favorite sci-fi movie, as well as HUDs for helmets and car windshields — maybe if TomTom can secure a supply of these screens, the dedicated GPS device can find a way to live on after all.

Samsung demos 19-inch transparent AMOLED display originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 May 2010 09:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 20

Samsung’s AMOLED division is now profitable, expects major smartphone growth in 2010

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If you want the dish on what’s happening with mobile displays, Lee Woo-jong, VP for marketing at Samsung Mobile Display, is as good a person to ask as any. The chap has been telling the Reuters Global Technology Summit that his company has finally gone into the black with its AMOLED production line, and that its research projects a 50 percent jump in smartphone shipments in 2010 relative to 2009. This is expected to boost demand, which is already exceeding supply, for high-quality displays. Samsung says shortages might be experienced all the way until next year, but has reiterated its belief that AMOLED is the future with a $2.15 billion investment into expanding its production lines, while also predicting a 30-fold growth in shipments of such displays by 2015. Every handset out there looking like the Wave? We could learn to live with that.

Samsung’s AMOLED division is now profitable, expects major smartphone growth in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 20:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Cubic’s COMBATREDI combat simulator takes augmented reality to new, awesome levels

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Cubic Corporation is a defense contractor that’s been kicking around in some form or another since the early days of the Cold War, although you’re more likely to know them as the operator of the New York City MetroCard system. What brings ’em to our space, you ask? Another cutting edge wargadget, of course! Indeed, the company has just been contracted to supply 27 of its COMBATREDI training systems to the Florida Army National Guard (to the tune of $4.8 million). The combat simulator features a hi-def, helmet mounted OLED video display for a 60 x 45-degree field of view, an integrated 3D stereo headset for sound, and a wireless “surrogate” rifle that performs like a real one, right down to the need for fresh magazines and various firing modes. The user’s movements are tracked by way of a REDITAC tactical computer worn on the back, with a suite of sensors that can also determine where he’s looking, and whether he’s standing, kneeling, or lying on the ground. Of course, the company is selling this as the most realistic way to train our troops yet, although we can see it for what it really is: possibly the most bad-ass first-person shooter ever. PR after the break.

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May 17

DuPont can print a 50-inch OLED TV in two minutes, you’ll be waiting a little longer

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DuPont can print a 50-inch OLED TV in two minutes, you still can't buy one

Right now LG’s 15-inch OLED TV is the cheapest you can get — but at about $2,500 it won’t be rocking too many peoples’ lives. We’ve heard promises of dropping costs thanks to printed displays for ages now, but never on a scale like this. DuPont has teamed up with Dainippon Screen to create a printing technique capable of line-feeding a 50-inch display in just two minutes. Two minutes! The printer is likened to a high precision garden hose, flying over the display surface at a speed of five meters per second depositing that good, good OLED juice in just the right places with nary a drip or an unwanted sprinkle. DuPont Displays President William Feehery says the technique “is worth scaling up” and could compete on cost with LCDs while delivering a 15-year lifespan. That’s not quite the 100 years they promised us last time, but we’ll take it. No word on when, or if, this technique will actually be deployed en masse.

DuPont can print a 50-inch OLED TV in two minutes, you’ll be waiting a little longer originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 May 2010 13:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 14

Samsung preparing for 42-inch OLED TV trials in 2011?

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It’s approaching mid 2010 and you know what’s missing. Jetpacks. Jetpacks and those 30-inch and larger OLED TVs we were promised. Hell, the largest OLED TV available for retail currently is only 15-inches… if you can both find and afford it. Now OLEDNet claims that Samsung Mobile Display — you know, the cellphone AMOLED guys — is purchasing equipment in preparation for bringing its 5.5 generation facility on-line in the first half of 2011. That should give Samsung the ability make 42-inch AMOLED TVs on a trial basis by the end of the twenty-eleven. But with relatively cheap LCDs steadily closing the gap on OLEDs size, contrast, and power savings advantages, well, we’ll believe it when we see the first big screen OLED TVs in our living rooms. And with 3D LCDs (and plasmas) all the rage amongst distracted and financially-vested television manufacturers, we don’t see that happening anytime soon.

Samsung preparing for 42-inch OLED TV trials in 2011? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 06:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 06

Organic Light Emitting Transistors might make us forget all about OLED

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Organic Light Emitting Transistors might make us forget all about OLEDs

Still waiting on that big-screen OLED TV? Yeah, so are we, but here’s some news that could mean they’re coming soon: OLED tech has just been obsoleted. Seriously. We still can’t even afford an 11-inch model and now we have to start pining for something new: OLET. That’s Organic Light Emitting Transistor, tech that researcher Michele Muccini at the Institute of Nanustructured Materials has just proven can be between two and 100 times as efficient as OLED. OLETs rely on three layers of material, with the bottom layers carrying a charge, the middle layer (the meat in this high-tech sandwich) emitting photons when excited by the bottom, and the top layer selectively letting those photos through. All three combined are just 62nm thick. It’s this separation of layers and horizontal flow of current that gives OLET its efficiency and it’s believed that it could not only be used for (next) next-generation displays but also for on-chip optical interconnects. When will an OLET HDTV will hit the market? Don’t even go there.

Organic Light Emitting Transistors might make us forget all about OLED originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 13:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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