AU Optronics (AUO) will be the first display manufacturer to showcase a curved LCD during SID 2008. The LCD uses a conventional TFT LCD process and curves 100mm in a single plane. Potential applications for a curved LCD could be clocks, watches, automobile dashboards, etc. According to AUO information presentation is uniform including color and [...]

Shinoda Plasma unveiled a working prototype of a 1mm-thick 125″ flexible plasma wall. The plasma wall is being called a plasma tube array (PTA) where 3 screens are seamlessly integrated. The pixel format is a bit limited as the 125″ yields just 960 x 360 but put enough of these together and you’ll eventually get [...]

During the FPD China 2008 flat panel display show, LG Display debuted its 12″ black-and-white and 14.3″ color flexible display products. LGD is expected to volume manufacture these flexible displays later in 2008. The flexible displays make use of an ultra-thin steel foil on a plastic substrate that allows them to be flexible.


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Seiko is pushing the boundaries of watch design. The company has incorporated E Ink’s flexible electronic ink technology into a bracelet-like watch. I am quite impressed. The look and feel of the watch has not changed for a very long time and it is about time that companies like Seiko challenge our ideas about what [...]