EDS Update: Train Signs E Ink Corp. signs with Germany’s Vossloh Information Technologies. (2005-03-21) Eric Smalley, in the May 2003 issue of Technology Research News, reported that E Ink Corp. (Cambridge, MA) had developed a 96-dpi, 0.3mm-thick electronic display. The announced display's resolution is equal to that found in palmtop . . . MORE |
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It’s Just As They SED Canon and Toshiba launch venture to commercialize technology (2004-11-03) Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corp. have formed a joint venture, called SED Inc., to commercialize the Surface Conduction Electron Emitter Display (SED), a technology they’ve developed together. The new company will be capitalized at 1 billion yen ($9 mi . . . MORE | |
SmartPaper: A Sign For Our Times A look at Gyricon’s “e-paper” technology (2004-06-07) Gyricon, LLC (Ann Arbor, MI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox, was spun out of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) to commercialize SmartPaper technology in December of 2000. PARC, the birthplace of many of the key elements of modern . . . MORE |
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EDS Update: Sneak Preview Kodak’s PDChLC Flexible Display ready for sign market. Almost. (2004-05-26) It’s no secret that Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY) is a company in transition -- even neighborhood newspapers have reported it’s entry into the digital field and the controversial, but partial, abandonment of its photo-film roots. Toda . . . MORE |
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DTV Eschews its Analog Achilles’ Heel With the arrival of DVI, digital TVs finally are really digital (2004-04-23) Digital television (DTV) has overcome most of its problems and finally entered a growth stage. But it’s suffered from an Achilles’ heel since its inception: the analog interface, which DTVs have, until recently, used exclusively. Despite efforts t . . . MORE | |
