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New video mic flag uses 3 OLED displays, new advertising space
Feb 3rd
Recom group has released the world’s first video mic flag – which uses 3 to 4 (depends on configuration) OLED displays. The company reports that the new mic flag is already being used at by CBS, CNET, NBC, ABC, FOX, ESPN, CNN, and Bloomberg and was also used by several broadcasters at the superbowl and the NBA. This mic flag was also used by many broadcasters at CES, and CNN’s Katie Linendoll called it one of her top five picks of the show. The mic flag shows advertisements – from companies such as Ford, Toyota, Subway, Gillette and Pepsi. This brings extra revenue for the broadcasters. Recom says that the flag uses 3 to 4 OLED displays (probably the same ones as on Recom’s video name tag – 2.8″ 320×240 AMOLED panels) and it lasts 8-10 on a single battery charge. It provides a premium advertising space because it’s part of the broadcast. Here’s a video of the mic flag in action, from the superbowl: read more
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30% off the OLED Handbook printed edition – till January 31
Jan 29th
Lulu.com, our print on demand publisher is now offering a 30% discount on The OLED Handbook . You can now get the book for just $105 ! Just use coupon SHELFSTOCK305 when you check out . This great discount offer is valid through January 31 – yes, for just three days! so hurry up. If you prefer the digital edition (PDF download), it costs $97 . We also offer site and enterprise license options. read more
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Blackbody shows new OLED lamps, releases 2012 catalog
Jan 22nd
Blackbody is exhibiting in the Maison & Objet conference in Paris, showing their latest OLED chandeliers – including some classics like the Big Bang , and some new ones like the I.Rain by Thierry Gaugain, shown below. Blackbody says that they have already installed several chandeliers at different places. For example the “Wishing Tree” by Aldo Cibic is installed in the opera Ristori in Verona, Italy, while the Mini Bang is installed in Hotel particulier XVIIIe siècle in Paris. read more
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"Wasted" light from OLED displays can be harvested by solar cells
Jan 22nd
Researchers from Cambridge University and Ignis Innovation developed a new energy harvested that sits inside a mobile phone with an OLED display and harvests energy from the light that is projected to the display’s sides. The researchers say that up to 64% of the light is lost in typical OLED displays – much of it projected to the edges of the display. The idea is simple – to place an array of thin-film hydrogenated a-Si solar cells around the OLED. These cells can also harvest ambient light. The researchers made a complete system design – instead of charging the battery with the power generated (which would be quite complex) they added a supercapacitor for intermediate energy storage. They say the system achieves an average efficiency of 11% and peak efficiency of 18%, while the PV array converts around 5% of the ambient light to electricity. They say that on a typical 3.7″ OLED display the maximum power output is 5 milliwatts. Useful, but not significant compared to the phone’s power needs, so it’s not clear whether this is worth the extra cost, size and weight. read more
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"Wasted" light from OLED displays can be harvested by solar cells
Sony SmartWatch
Jan 16th
The Smartwatch is Sony’s 2nd-Gen Android accessory (this is the successor to the LiveView ) – with a 1.3″ PMOLED (65K colors) display. Other features include an accelerometer and a vibrate option. You can use this device to control your phone, read messages, get weather updates and more. Sony would not say when this will be released or at what price. Here’s Sony’s official video showing the Smartwatch: OLED type: 1.3″ PMOLED (65K colors) read more
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New microfabrication technology can enhance OLED light extraction efficiency
Jan 13th
Japan’s Oji Paper developed a new microfabrication technology that can be used to enhance the light extraction efficiency of OLEDs. The idea is to use microparticle coating to form a regular pattern that is several-nanometer-wide on the surface of the metal part of the negative electrode in an OLED panel. The nanostructure turns the plasmon energy (that is sometimes released from an OLED) into light. Oji paper says that this technology was used to improve a red OLED’s light extraction efficiency by about 100%. They are now working to apply this to a white OLED. read more
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KN55ES9000 – the model number of Samsung’s 55" Super OLED TV?
Jan 13th
Samsung issued a press release with some awards their Super-OLED TV won, and in there they mention the model number – KN55ES9000 : “Best of CES Innovations 2012″ in the Video Displays category —International CES. “Samsung’s KN55ES9000 is a beautiful masterpiece of accurate color reproduction and maximized performance. It provides a suite of advanced Smart TV features with a high performance dual core chipset.”. read more
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Color changing OLED Chair art project
Jan 8th
Artist Takahiro Matsuo designed a color changing “OLED Chair” art project which uses Verbatim’s Velve color-tunable OLED panels . This chair was on show at Tenjin IMS, Hakata, Japan in December 2011. The Velve panels do not generate any heat, so you can actually sit on this chair: read more
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Toshiba to show an OLED tablet at CES
Jan 7th
CES hasn’t started yet (two more days!) but already news is coming in. This time it is Toshiba, announcing it will show a “high brightness” OLED tablet. We do not have any official information yet, although some sites suggest it will be a 7″ tablet. This actually makes sense as we know that Samsung just added a new 7″ AMOLED product which indeed features high brightness (400 nits). read more
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DisplaySearch: LG’s OLED TV will cost $8,000, will drop to $4,000 by end of 2013
Jan 3rd
DisplaySearch estimates that LG’s 55″ OLED TV (the 55EM9600 ) will retail for around $8,000 when it launches in 3Q 2012. The price will fall below $4,000 by the end of 2013 as sales volume increase and manufacturing cost will drop. DisplaySearch also says that they expect LG to sell less than 500,000 units annually of these TVs. This is actually a bit optimistic – as LG themselves said that their production line will be able to output 30,000 TVs a month (that’s only 360,000 sets a year). read more
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