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Well-known car manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Toyota, Opel, Volvo and Co. have been installing touchscreens in various car models for some time. Times have never been more exciting for the automotive industry than they are now.
More and more touchscreen manufacturers have specialized in the…
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Organic semiconductors (e.g. OLEDs, which are suitable for screens in smartphones and tablet PCs) are usually used in extremely thin films. The typical thickness of the entire device is between 150 and 250 nanometers (nm). Which, in addition to numerous other advantages, entails cheap mass…
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The process of optical bonding (Optical Bonding = transparent liquid bonding) is not new, as it has been used for a long time in the military sector as well as in industrial environments and for some time now also in medical technology. Optical bonding is an adhesive technique that is used to…
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The selection of the material as well as the surface treatment of a touchscreen application depends mainly on the planned area of application. The touch screen of a public transport kiosk system that is installed outdoors must be treated differently than a touch application inside a travel agency.…
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The Graphene Flagship Project started in October 2013. The aim is to produce graphene in large quantities and at affordable prices. In order to achieve this goal quickly, more than 126 academic and industrial research groups in 17 European countries are working together to revolutionize the…
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At the beginning of October 2015, a new market report on the global silver nanoparticle market entitled "Global Silver Nanoparticles Market 2015-2019" was published by the market research institute "TechNavio" on the English-language "Research and Markets" website.
What are silver nanoparticles?…
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For some time now, researchers have been working on developing both transparent and highly conductive electrodes with minimal material input. There are many ways to use it. Preferably, such alternative electrodes are suitable for solar cells and other optoelectronic components.
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At the CES in Las Vegas in January 2016, the car manufacturer BMW presented its new touchscreen technology "AirTouch". This is the contactless control of integrated functionalities such as navigation, as well as communication or entertainment systems by means of gestures through the flat of the…
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Starting in November 2015, the American market research institute TechNavio will be offering a report on the global market situation of the capacitive touchscreen industry on its website under the title Market outlook of the global capacitive touchscreen market.
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In recent years, printed electronics and related display technologies have made great strides. Now there is a new report by analyst Dr. Khasha Ghaffarzadeh from the market research company "IDTechEx" with market forecasts for the next 10 years for electrically conductive ink.
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What ovens can do these days is incredible. In addition to the normal heating modes such as top / bottom heat, grilling or circulating air, numerous additional functions and automatic programs ensure the ultimate cooking pleasure.
Ease of use via touch display
Due to the increased functionality,…
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At the end of December 2015, doctors at Cork University Hospital in Ireland published research results on how toddlers deal with touchscreens. The results of the survey were published online in the "Archives of Disease in Childhood" earlier this year.
The publication was based on the questionnaires…
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Some time ago, the technology company Sony launched a new project called "Future Lab". The goal of this new program is to work with customers. Namely, by incorporating their feedback on products into the development.
In this way, the development department immediately receives useful feedback and…
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In our blog, we have often reported on well-known car manufacturers who equip certain model series with touchscreen displays. The South Korean brand Hyundai is now one of these manufacturers.
7 inch touch screen AVN system
Since July 2015, the popular models, Hyundai Elite i20 and Hyundai i20…
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A new material that is both highly transparent and electrically conductive was recently discovered by materials scientists and engineers at Penn State University. The university's scientists agree that it could be used to produce not only large-screen displays, but also so-called "smart windows"…
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In various industrial environments with high-risk and hazardous hazardous areas such as mining, metal processing, as well as chemical or painting plants, particularly robust HMI touch applications are in demand. HMI stands for Human Machine Interfaces. Such touchscreens must withstand the…
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New electronic devices such as touch screens, flexible displays, printable electronics, photovoltaics or solid-state lighting have led to a rapid increase in the market growth of flexible, transparent electrical conductors. Our readers already know that ITO (indium tin oxide) has long since ceased…
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Physics Professor James K. Freericks of Georgetown University published a research paper on graphene in the Nature Communication journal in May 2015. Titled "Theory of Floquet band formation and local pseudospin textures in pump-probe photoemission of graphene".
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Graphene is one of the hardest and most resilient materials in the world. It has unusual properties that make it interesting for both basic research and technical applications. This is because it is almost transparent, flexible and very strong (up to 300 times stronger than steel at the same weight…
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In September, the EU research and innovation magazine "Horizon" published an interview with Dr. Amaia Zurutuza, the scientific director of the Spanish company "Graphenea", which is a leader in graphene production, on its website. In the interview, Dr. Zurutuza spoke about the graphene market, which…