The patented plastic display technology in QUE has been 10 years in development, since Plastic Logic's founding by researchers from the renowned University of Cambridge (UK) Cavendish Labs.
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We continue to perfect our core plastic electronic technology and manufacturing processes that are central to our product's unique value proposition.
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Plastic electronics technology has many economic, manufacturing, form factor and environmental benefits, assuring that it will replace silicon in a variety of devices in the future.
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In addition, information tech projection Hitachi flat-screen TV has ever produced (President: Kenichi Yoshitake) is the production technology and techniques such as optical plastic substrate packaging technology developed in the manufacture of flat-screen televisions and other video equipment will continue to contract manufacturing products outside the Hitachi Group.
Both EOS and Stratasys, a company based in Minneapolis which makes 3D printers that employ plastic-deposition technology, use their own machines to print parts that are, in turn, used to build more printers.
We are using our proprietary technology leadership in plastic electronics to create a range of innovative products.
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The device features clever business tools like document annotation and BlackBerry synching, and a durable all-plastic screen that is Plastic Logic's proprietary technology.
Last year in April 2012, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology created the first plastic solar cell (Forbes: New Technique Creates First Plastic Solar Cell) which they hope will help change requirements for manufacturing of organic printed electronics.
Not just any old periodic table, but the most photographically breathtaking version ever created, encased in sturdy plastic and enlivened by "lenticular technology, " the technique that uses linear lens elements laminated over a specially processed image to create a convincing 3D effect.
Secondly, daytime talk shows have become an outlet for millions of viewers to learn about this new technology and request it from their plastic surgeons.
He said the company began investigating using the eco-friendly plastic six months ago, but that the technology only recently caught up with the high standard he was looking for.
Well, it's a battery-free capacitive and pressure-sensitive plastic pointing stick that's built upon Wacom technology.
The environmental benefit of this technology goes beyond developing a more biodegradable plastic.
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To make dies capable of pressing tiny, intricate patterns onto the threads, LeVey had to borrow a technology often used to create injection molds for detailed plastic parts.
Although it uses similar touch technology to the iPhone, the 5800 comes with a plastic pointer pen that makes it easier to use than just with fingers.
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When a power blackout or some other inevitable technical issue occurs, plastic cards can be imprinted mechanically with paper, or some other technology will be developed to record the transaction perfectly.
The Dreamliner uses technology that allows much of it to be made of plastic composites instead of aluminium, which means it is lighter and, Boeing claims, will consume 20% less fuel than other, similar-sized planes.
Along with the traditional difficulties in using credit cards internationally, new technology could also make it harder for you to pay with plastic.
The technology works by building up layer upon layer of material - typically plastic - to build complex solid objects.
The company originally intended to use the technology in portable memory drives, but creating larger screens out of plastic turned out to be a more economical and feasible venture, Taussig said.
Plastic circuitry promises as large a market as light-emitting polymers, but the technology is taking longer to commercialise.
An advantage over existing methods is that the new technology is "relatively low-cost" because the polyfluorene is widely used in plastic electronics.
It is already competitive with plastic injection-moulding for runs of around 1, 000 items, and this figure will rise as the technology matures.
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The banks, meanwhile, haven't converted their card portfolios because they say that other technology, such as mobile-device payments, may leapfrog the need for the chip-enabled plastic.
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