Search results for wearable displays

Engineering May 12, 2015

E-skin and pocket-sized diagnostic machines give patients the power back

Wearable E-skin that can measure heart rate and blood pressure, and paper diagnostic machines the size of a credit card that can give instant readings on blood and saliva samples are two new bio-sensing technologies presented ...

Consumer & Gadgets Feb 17, 2015

Sony steps up in wearable space with SmartEyeglass

Sony on Tuesday began taking orders for SmartEyeglass Internet-linked eyewear, moving ahead in the market as Google steps back to revise its Glass strategy.

Consumer & Gadgets Jun 25, 2014

Google shows off Android Auto, wearables (Update)

Some 1 billion people are now using Android devices, Google said as the company kicked off its two-day developer conference Wednesday in San Francisco.

Hi Tech & Innovation Nov 2, 2013

SEL shows promising advances in flexible OLED displays (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) —On hand at the recent FPD 2013 show in Japan, a key event focused on the flat panel display industry, an impressive show of prototypes from Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) showed what is possible in achieving ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 28, 2021

Improvements to holographic displays poised to enhance virtual and augmented reality

Researchers have developed a new approach that improves the image quality and contrast for holographic displays. The new technology could help improve near-eye displays used for virtual and augmented reality applications.

Engineering Dec 1, 2016

Super-flexible liquid crystal device for bendable and rollable displays

Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a super flexible liquid crystal (LC) device, in which two ultra-thin plastic substrates are firmly bonded by polymer wall spacers.

Engineering Oct 7, 2014

Printing in the hobby room: Paper- thin and touch-sensitive displays on various materials

Until now, if you want to print a greeting card for a loved one, you can use colorful graphics, fancy typefaces or special paper to enhance it. But what if you could integrate paper-thin displays into the cards, which could ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 27, 2021

Researchers develop a millimeter-size flat lens for VR and AR platforms

Despite all the advances in consumer technology over the past decades, one component has remained frustratingly stagnant: the optical lens. Unlike electronic devices, which have gotten smaller and more efficient over the ...

Nanomaterials Oct 30, 2019

A stretchable stopwatch lights up human skin

Imagine a runner who doesn't need to carry a stopwatch or cell phone to check her time: She could just gaze at the glowing stopwatch display on the back of her hand. Such human-machine interfaces are no longer science fiction, ...

Engineering Feb 28, 2019

Interactive surfaces enter a whole new dimension of flexibility

An "interactive surface" refers to an interface whose input and output share a common surface that can be manipulated intuitively with the fingers. However, ordinary multi-touch displays, e.g., liquid crystal displays (LCD), ...

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