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E-reader maker Polymer Vision goes under
Blog Polymer Vision, the makers of the Readius folding e-ink reader, have gone under due to funding issues. However, Polymer Vision, a spin-off from Philips Electronics, had funding difficulties. There is no word yet as to what will happen with Polymer...
[July 20, 2009, 15:05]
Future of notebook batteries: lithium polymer?
News Notebook makers are "likely" to soon choose to incorporate lithium polymer batteries over the current commonly used type, lithium ion batteries, Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow said during a meeting with reporters on Wednesday.
[December 8, 2006, 8:15]
Rollable display device to launch soon
News Polymer Vision's Readius device, which boasts a roll-out greyscale screen, is being touted as a combination of a 3G-enabled PDA and an e-book reader. Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) is first in the queue to release it, with a commercial launch...
[February 7, 2007, 15:47]
Philips unfurls prototype flexible display
News Polymer Vision NV, a subsidiary of Philips, is unveiling a rollable display called the Concept Readius that can be folded and, it is claimed, squeezed into a pocket. Polymer Vision does not intend to sell the Readius as a product itself.
[September 2, 2005, 16:50]
Q&A: The future of display technology
News CDT, which licenses its patents and technologies to other companies, is working on polymer organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology, which promises thinner, lighter and less power-consuming displays than today's LCDs.
[September 2, 2002, 9:33]
Counting the Gains at ICO Polymers
White Papers With 19 locations in 10 countries and on five continents, ICO Polymers produces custom, engineered polymer powders for rotational moulding and other polymer markets, including textiles, metal coatings, and master batch.
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
NEC develops ultra-thin battery for mobile
News The new battery has been dubbed ORB, for Organic Redical Battery, by NEC, because it uses an organic radical polymer as its cathode. Because organic radical polymer assumes an electrolyte-permeated gel state it makes the rechargeable battery very...
[December 9, 2005, 15:50]
Toshiba goes organic with new displays
News One of the world's major manufacturers of LCDs, Toshiba announced on Wednesday its first prototype of a polymer OLED display that supports 260,000 colours. Toshiba's polymer method involves essentially printing the light-emitting polymer onto a...
[May 31, 2001, 9:02]
Toshiba touts slimmer, stronger batteries
News ALB costs about 20 percent more than lithium-ion batteries but slightly less than lithium-polymer ones. And on Monday, Motorola and National Semiconductor announced plans to team on new concepts for lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries.
[February 13, 2001, 13:49]
Thin is in for new Toshiba notebook
News It employs the company's new 4.6cm, 20GB hard drive and a lithium-ion polymer battery. To that end, Toshiba also employs a lithium-ion polymer battery, which uses technology that is both thinner and flatter than that of standard lithium-ion batteries.
[February 18, 2002, 11:11]
Are nanoparticles going to attack your feet?
News NanoHorizons, based in State College, Pa.has begun to sell a line of metallic nanoparticles that are compatible with standard polymer manufacturing process. Currently, manufacturers can incorporate these metals into products by mixing a bulk form...
[September 28, 2004, 9:30]
Flexible memory developed for chips
News The memristor was made by setting titanium oxide, one of the common ingredients of sunscreen and toothpaste, onto flexible transparent polymer sheets, Nist announced on Tuesday. The Nist research team created the memristor using an inexpensive...
[June 4, 2009, 17:05]
Display company powers up prospects
News The grant will help the privately held company develop efficient and commercially viable solar cells using its light-emitting polymer (LEP) screen technology. The polymer solar cells have a similar design as CDT's polymer light-emitting displays...
[July 25, 2002, 8:28]
IBM labs unveil nanotech storage 'punch card'
News Hitachi has proposed a similar polymer-punch method, but it does not involve heating the needle. The experimental prototype, part of an ongoing nanotechnology-research project code-named Millipede, is a chip containing more than 1,000 heated spikes...
[June 11, 2002, 8:44]
IBM's Millipede storage marches over Hannover
News IBM researchers in Zurich have affectionately named the device the Millipede, because it has thousands of very fine silicon tips that can "punch" individual bit patterns onto a thin film of polymer. The device works by heating the tips and stamping...
[March 14, 2005, 12:30]
Start-up redesigns fuel cells
News The twist developed by Neah Power Systems essentially replaces the polymer membrane inside fuel cells with layers of porous silicon, said David Dorheim, chief executive of Neah. As a result, more energy can be produced at once, even though the...
[February 11, 2003, 8:29]
HP Jornada 928 WDA review
Reviews One is integrated into the device, while the other is a removable lithium polymer cell. When the lithium polymer cell is removed, the internal cell automatically takes over, effectively allowing spare batteries to be hot-swapped.
[July 26, 2002, 17:55]
Plastic electronics factory gets funding
News Plastic Logic's organic TFTs are embedded within layers of conducting, semiconducting and insulating polymer materials. Polymer materials are also flexible, allowing the production of lightweight, portable displays.
[January 3, 2007, 16:12]
NEC sets sail with Transmeta's Crusoe
News It is fitted with a 10.4-inch reflective thin-film transistor (TFT) display and a lithium-ion polymer battery of NEC's own design. Li-ion polymer batteries are thin and flat, which make them much sought after, but they have been a long time coming...
[October 17, 2000, 14:34]
Plastic memory shows promise
News We are making a device that is organic -- the plastic polymer -- and inorganic -- thin-film silicon -- at the same time. Originally bullish about its prospects, production difficulties have led the company to talk about a five-year timeline to...
[November 27, 2003, 16:45]
