LG Demos Stretchable Display Prototype That Could Lead To Hi-Rez Dynamic Fabric And Clothing November 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes When the idea of wearables with high resolution displays comes up, it is almost always about things like smart watches. But LG Display recently showed in Korea a stretchable display that could be used as a fabric substitute for things like first responder jackets. Using 40 micrometer (and therefore “true”) microLEDs, a rectangular 12-inch display …
Belfast’s Main Live Events Venue Does Digital Signage Refresh Across Venue November 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes The SSE Arena in Belfast has had digital signage as part of its communication mix since 2015, and the 11,000-seat venue – Northern Ireland’s biggest live events destination – has now completed a big upgrade that includes a lot of LED display. The arena, which is home to everything from concerts to Belfast Giants ice …
Transparent Display Emulates Red Light District Window To Try Solving Amsterdam Cold Case November 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes If you have been to Amsterdam and found yourself walking at night through the central area’s famed “Red Light District” you have likely seen sex workers in street windows, making passersby aware of their services and availability. The Dutch firm HereWeHolo has one of its life-sized transparent LCD enclosures installed in that area, at the …
Wraparound LED Creates Animated 10-Foot Wine Bottle For Retail Marketing November 11, 2024 by Dave Haynes This is a hard to miss in-store display that was developed, very obviously, to market a wine brand – developed by UK-based specialty Display solutions Display Innovations. The set-up is flexible 2mm pixel pitch GOB LED (Glue On Board, meaning that the light packages are protected by an epoxy coating). The LED wraps around the …
Quick Future Display Observations From Recent Travels, Inc. Color E Paper, MicroLED and Reflective LCD November 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes There are piles of interviews to write up and photos to sort through and edit from a bunch of recent travels to the US and over to Taiwan, and I will leave almost all of it to be detailed in a big special report on future display tech that will come out as a free …
Why So Few Posts – I’m Seriously On The Road October 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes If you are wondering why the volume of posts have slowed to a trickle the last week or so, it’s because I am on an epic planes, trains and traffic research trip, and am typing this from my hotel room in Taipei at 6 in the morning. I’m not a good travel sleeper – planes …
This Window Glass Dynamically Shapeshifts, Grows Virtual Plants To Create Shade October 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Dutch start-up VideowindoW had a big moment this week at a trade show called Glass Technology Live, showing its very interesting dimmable glass that can use animated creative to block the glare and heat flooding a space like an airport departure seating area. Working with a consortium that included Arnold Glas and LamiPress, VideowindoW showed a …
Preview: Pix From Launch Event For Future Stores In London October 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes That very ambitious, digitally-driven pop-up store on Oxford Street in London had a preview party the other night, ahead of its formal opening next week. Future Stores is a space that brands can lease for short-terms – if for example a consumer device company with, I dunno, AR eyeglasses, wanted to make a big splash …
Specialty Display Firm Praevar, Best Known For High-Bright LCDs, Goes Green With E Ink Posters October 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes A Toronto company known very much for its high-brightness outdoor LCD displays has taken a distinct pivot into e-paper poster displays that consume a fraction of the power. The specialty display manufacturer Praevar has started marketing a 32-inch ePoster based around the E Ink Spectra 6 display, aiming the product at indoor advertising and retail …
Korean Solutions Firm VECT Clearing Securities Hurdles To Do IPO October 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes Language, location and how private companies keep their financials to themselves means it is quite rare to come across data on how digital signage solutions companies do in other parts of the world, so it was interesting to come across a news report about a Korean firm that is planning to go public. It was …
