Display Alliance News 11.05.2010

cohenoncontent.com- Here's an interesting conversation between Graeme Spicer, Head of NEC Display Solutions VUKUNET, and Phil Cohen, President/CEO of Care Media Holdings Corporation. Graeme explains NEC's role in the digital signage market and how the launch of VUKUNET was done to help "digital out of home" networks to be successful. Check out Phil's Blog..

JCDecaux Launches New Digital M4 Torch
dailydooh.com- JCDecaux has unveiled its new screens on the M4 Torch with campaigns that demonstrate the flexibility of digital outdoor. With two new product launches from HTC, an evening drive-time campaign from Diageo and multiple creatives from fashion brand UGG, the screens are part of JCDecaux’s continued investment in the medium. The M4 Torch stands of course on the busiest stretch of road between London and Heathrow Airport and provides 1.8 million impacts every week and an audience that is 67% ABC1. Click here to read more..

Cando to invest NT$24 billion for touch panel capacity expansion, says report
digitimes.com- Cando, a subsidiary of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), plans to invest NT$24 billion (US$789.1 million) to start constructing two touch panel production plants in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) by the end of the year in order to produce touch sensors for the second-generation iPad, according to a Chinese-language report on Economic Daily News (EDN). Click here to read more..

Scientists find way to recover touchscreen material indium
techeye.net- Scientists have developed a way to produce microbe-filled capsules that can recover rare metal indium, used in the creation of touchscreens. Health products maker Morishita Jintan Co have worked with Osaka Prefecture University to develop the technology which consists of microbes surrounded by a semipermeable synthetic membrane, writes Nikkei. When placed in a solution containing indium the capsules are able to let metal ions pass through the membrane, before being taken up by the microbes. Indium is a material that is used to create indium tin oxide, crucial to the production of touchscreens and LCDs.  It is widely thought that there is a shortage of the material, with a US Geological Survey putting indium reserves at 16,000 with speculation that with current consumption reserves will be exhausted by 2020. Click here to read more..

LCD panel makers bear advantages in touch panel market, says BenQ
digitimes.com- Compared to touch panel makers, TFT-LCD panel makers have advantages in terms of technology and resources as competition heats up in the touch panel industry, according to KY Lee, chairman of the BenQ Group. AU Optronics (AUO) has transformed its 4G line for touch panel production, including in-cell and binding technologies, according to Lee. Click here to read more..

Touch Screen the Next Step in the Digital Signage Adventure
touchscreenkiosks4business.blogspot.com- Touch screens have been around since the 1970s. Traditionally, touch screen monitors have primarily been used for more durable and industrial devices. They have a great advantage over conventional displays in that there doesn't have to be a separate input device such as a keyboard which saves space. Traditionally their use has been restricted to industrial computing, however, there are other industries where this space saving advantage of touchscreen could prove advantageous: digital signage. Click here to read more..