Editorial
Finding Balance When Commitments Heat Up
By Stephen P. Atwood
Industry News
Amazon Buys Liquavista
By Jenny Donelan
Guest Editorial
Tablets' High
Performance Sends Them Off to Work
By Russel M. Martin
Frontline Technology: Natural and Intuitive
User Interfaces with Perceptual Computing Technologies
The ways we interface and interact with computing, communications, and entertainment devices are
changing. A transition to natural and intuitive user interfaces promises to usher in a new class of exciting
and immersive applications and user experiences.
By Achintya K. Bhowmik
Frontline Technology: Tablet Display
Technology Shoot-Out
Smartphones and tablets represent a new class of displays with requirements different from that of TVs and
monitors. Here is where manufacturers are – and are not – meeting the challenges of ambient light and
other considerations.
By Raymond M. Soneira
Frontline Technology: Tablets and Other Handheld Display Devices for Medical Imaging: An
Image-Quality Perspective
A research team predicts that the next generation of handheld displays will enable on-demand medical
diagnostics – available anywhere, anytime.
By Aldo Badano, Asumi Yamazaki, Peter Liu, and Wei-Chung
Cheng
SID News
Vehicle Displays &
Interfaces Symposium Celebrates 20th Anniversary
By Jenny Donelan
Venture Capital Series: Part I: Start-up
Fundamentals
A game-changing idea is only one of the ingredients you will need to launch a successful new business.
Without the right team and a commitment to ongoing fundraising, your brilliant new venture will founder.
This article is the first of four in a series by a venture capital expert who has both launched and funded new
companies.
By Helge Seetzen
Making Displays Work for You: Direct-Dry-Film Optical
Bonding: Finding New Applications
Originally developed for avionics and military displays, Direct-Dry-Film (DDF) optical bonding is now
moving into industrial and consumer applications such as touch screens, TVs, smartphones, tablets, digital
signage, and medical imaging.
By Birendra Bahadur, James D. Sampica, Joseph L. Tchon,
and Vince P. Marzen
Display Marketplace: New Transparent
Conductors Take on ITO for Touch-Screen and Display
Applications
Indium tin oxide (ITO), a transparent conductor, has been a staple of flat-panel display manufacturing for
decades and has been in great demand from the growing touch-screen industry. Limitations of cost and
performance, as well as concerns over availability, have led to the search for a replacement material. Several
candidates exist or are in development, but none have yet gained the scale to displace ITO.
By Paul Semenza
Opinion: ITO Replacement Market
Will Grow to $4 Billion by 2020
An industry analyst is optimistic about the market for new types of transparent conductors.
By Jennifer Colegrove
Regional Business Review: The North American
Display Business Environment
This article, the first in an occasional series that looks at business environments around the world, describes
the historical, economic, and other conditions that affect display companies doing business in North America.
By Jenny Donelan
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