By Bayle Emlein
Special to MCC from Silicon Valley
At the Display Technologies Conference, Dr. Michael Spaid, VP of Product Development, Cambrios, Indium tin oxide, the current touch modulator, has many downsides. ClearOhm technology by Cambrios uses silver nanowires which are highly conductive and the ClearOhm etching fluid. In an example of application, Hitachi has used Cambrios technology to create a photosensitive transfer film that adds only 50 microns to the final product.
Dan Van Ostrand, Senior Vice President of Engineering at UniPixel Displays pointed out the advantages of the UniBoss display film which can be as thin as half a micron with no artifact. Advantages of this architecture include flexibility and durability. It is highly transmissive, with only 3% loss at 5 microns, with no color shift and the resistance and capacitance of UniPixel copper substrate are a small fraction of traditional indium tin oxide substrate while remaining bendable. No cover glass is required, though product design might suggest one for an LCD. The low cost of copper compared to indium helps keep costs low.
Evolutionary Glass, Revolutionary Displays: Why and How Advanced Glass Matters
Dr. Waguih Ishak, Division Vice President & Director of Corning West Technology Center reviewed the century-long innovation history of Corning Glass. Gorilla glass is one more Corning display and touch innovation. Eagle glass enables thinner display. Look for antimicrobial and flexible glass. Look for Gorilla Glass 2, which is thinner and more durable than the original Gorilla. Lotus Glass is the high-performance Corning glass that supports low power consumption, superior picture quality, thin form factor, and high resolution.
At the Display Technologies Conference, Dr. Michael Spaid, VP of Product Development, Cambrios, Indium tin oxide, the current touch modulator, has many downsides. ClearOhm technology by Cambrios uses silver nanowires which are highly conductive and the ClearOhm etching fluid. In an example of application, Hitachi has used Cambrios technology to create a photosensitive transfer film that adds only 50 microns to the final product.
Dan Van Ostrand, Senior Vice President of Engineering at UniPixel Displays pointed out the advantages of the UniBoss display film which can be as thin as half a micron with no artifact. Advantages of this architecture include flexibility and durability. It is highly transmissive, with only 3% loss at 5 microns, with no color shift and the resistance and capacitance of UniPixel copper substrate are a small fraction of traditional indium tin oxide substrate while remaining bendable. No cover glass is required, though product design might suggest one for an LCD. The low cost of copper compared to indium helps keep costs low.
Evolutionary Glass, Revolutionary Displays: Why and How Advanced Glass Matters
Dr. Waguih Ishak, Division Vice President & Director of Corning West Technology Center reviewed the century-long innovation history of Corning Glass. Gorilla glass is one more Corning display and touch innovation. Eagle glass enables thinner display. Look for antimicrobial and flexible glass. Look for Gorilla Glass 2, which is thinner and more durable than the original Gorilla. Lotus Glass is the high-performance Corning glass that supports low power consumption, superior picture quality, thin form factor, and high resolution.
Other Interactivity
Kicking off the final session of the Interactivity strand of the Emerging DisplayTechnologies Conference, Christophe Ramstein, President and CEO of Strategic Polymers took on the theme of Electro-Active Polymers Enabling the Ultimate Haptic Experience. Haptics means what you touch and feel. This is includes vibrating, but certainly includes much more. Think about it: half of smartphone designs include a physical keyboard. Christophe was more than happy to show off how the EMP actuator conveys sound as well.
At the Display Technologies Conference, Steve Kingsley-Jones, Director of Product Management of Touch expounded on Incorporating Touch Design to Differentiate your App and Increase UX because no device should feel bad (not improving the day for your phone, but improving your tactile experience while using it). New sensing and display technology allow many new functions: proximity sensing, enhanced accelerometers, gyroscope, enhanced localization/localized GPS/wifi mapping, flexible sensing. Its how the technology is used that matters; it is up to the manufacturer to identify the best interaction strategy and train users. It's also up to them to identify the best haptic interface; for example, a subtle change of shape of something near your body (an earring, a bracelet?) might be less obtrusive than having your phone vibrate and buzz.
Michael Yairi, CTO of Tactus Technology started his session at the Display Technologies Conference by noting the evolutionary fact that vision and touch are critical to human development. Critical components of a touch interface include physical touch and feedback; finger resting, a way to orient your fingers as they move when you type; display integration; configurable to various devices; and power efficiency to maximize battery life in portable devices. Tactus has solved the problem of creating actual, feel-able buttons on a flat screen. The user can control the height and stiffness of buttons. Only raising and lowering the buttons uses power: once created, the buttons do not drain the battery no matter how much you use them. The logical next step is a device that presents buttons based on the software selected. Stay tuned.
Kicking off the final session of the Interactivity strand of the Emerging DisplayTechnologies Conference, Christophe Ramstein, President and CEO of Strategic Polymers took on the theme of Electro-Active Polymers Enabling the Ultimate Haptic Experience. Haptics means what you touch and feel. This is includes vibrating, but certainly includes much more. Think about it: half of smartphone designs include a physical keyboard. Christophe was more than happy to show off how the EMP actuator conveys sound as well.
At the Display Technologies Conference, Steve Kingsley-Jones, Director of Product Management of Touch expounded on Incorporating Touch Design to Differentiate your App and Increase UX because no device should feel bad (not improving the day for your phone, but improving your tactile experience while using it). New sensing and display technology allow many new functions: proximity sensing, enhanced accelerometers, gyroscope, enhanced localization/localized GPS/wifi mapping, flexible sensing. Its how the technology is used that matters; it is up to the manufacturer to identify the best interaction strategy and train users. It's also up to them to identify the best haptic interface; for example, a subtle change of shape of something near your body (an earring, a bracelet?) might be less obtrusive than having your phone vibrate and buzz.
Michael Yairi, CTO of Tactus Technology started his session at the Display Technologies Conference by noting the evolutionary fact that vision and touch are critical to human development. Critical components of a touch interface include physical touch and feedback; finger resting, a way to orient your fingers as they move when you type; display integration; configurable to various devices; and power efficiency to maximize battery life in portable devices. Tactus has solved the problem of creating actual, feel-able buttons on a flat screen. The user can control the height and stiffness of buttons. Only raising and lowering the buttons uses power: once created, the buttons do not drain the battery no matter how much you use them. The logical next step is a device that presents buttons based on the software selected. Stay tuned.
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