News tagged with liquid crystal

LG Display will release HD panel for smartphones

(Phys.org) -- LG Display is getting ready to showcase a five-inch smartphone display that turns out to be a full HD LCD panel supporting up to 1080p video, something like having a high-quality TV in your hand. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

NLT announces naked-eye display with better 3-D view

(Phys.org) -- NLT Technologies has announced its development of an autostereoscopic multiview display based on the success of its HxDP technology. HxDP stands for Horizontally x times Density Pixels. The company ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Optimus LTE 2: LG unveils new smartphone to revive business

South Korea's LG Electronics on Thursday unveiled a new version of its Optimus smartphone with greater memory and a more powerful battery, in an attempt to catch up with its rivals.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Freezing liquids help to predict properties of prime numbers

(Phys.org) -- The same freezing which is responsible for transforming liquids into glasses can help to predict some patterns observed in prime numbers, according to a team of scientists from Queen Mary, University ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

At smallest scale, liquid crystal behavior portends new materials

Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store.

Physics / General Physics

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sony to axe 10,000 jobs worldwide: report

Sony will cut 10,000 jobs worldwide this year as it attempts to carry out sweeping reforms aimed at reviving the iconic but loss-making Japanese electronics giant, the Nikkei business daily said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Flat-panel TV shipments predicted to fall

U.S. flat-panel television shipments are expected to dip for the first time on an annual basis this year, ending an unbroken string of growth since the segment was created.

Technology / Business

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Japan Inc. faces 'tectonic changes': analysts

Sharp's announcement that it will team up with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision on a liquid-crystal display deal is the latest example of the "tectonic changes" rippling through hard-hit Japan Inc.

Technology / Business

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Bend-it e-books get real with EPD in factory mode

(PhysOrg.com) -- LG Display has set the production clock ticking for a plastic EPD (electronic paper display) product which in turn is expected to set e-book marketability fast-forward. In an announcement ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Hon Hai buying 10 percent stake in Sharp for $806M

(AP) -- Taiwan electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. is taking a 10 percent stake in struggling Japanese electronics company Sharp Corp. for about $806 million.

Technology / Business

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AU Optronics to appeal US price-fixing verdict

Taiwan's AU Optronics (AUO) will appeal a guilty verdict in the United States for price-fixing, its chairman was quoted as saying Thursday.

Technology / Business

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AU Optronics guilty in display screen price-fixing case

Taiwan's largest maker of displays for computers, smartphones and other gadgets was convicted on Tuesday of taking part in a price-fixing conspiracy that brought in more than a half-billion dollars in "ill-gotten gains."

Technology / Business

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Under the microscope #4 - Liquid crystals

Dr Tim Wilkinson is combining liquid crystals with nanotechnology to try and create 3D displays which would look like real life.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Discovery of 'bioelectric' arteries opens path to heart disease treatment

Bionic eyes and limbs made television's six million dollar man an icon, but new research suggests our existing biological structure already exhibits a valuable electrical property. Scientists have found that ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

The hidden nanoworld of ice crystals: Revealing the dynamic behavior of quasi-liquid layers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A wide range of phenomena depend on ice – specifically, phase transitions during ice crystal surface melting. In this transition, which occurs near the melting point, the ice surface ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature