Archive for May 2008

MED Explores the Potentially Big Business of Tiny Displays

May 11th, 2008 | By

By Brian Fuller

For the New Tech Press Network

LOS ANGELES, CA – Small is big, at least in the eyes of MicroEmissive Displays Ltd. (MED on the AIM) a Scottish electronics company that’s betting polymer organic LEDs (P-OLEDs) attributes are about to crack open a huge market in tiny displays. 

Based in Edinburgh, MED has married P-OLED IP from Cambridge Display Technology Ltd, with tried-and-true semiconductor manufacturing techniques, for a cost-effective 0.24-inch color polymer OLED television.  The device leverages compact magnifying optics, to produce a large virtual image that can be used in a variety of portable consumer



New Tech Press Targets Small Company News

May 11th, 2008 | By

Advertising revenue for the traditional means of mass communication, television, radio and print, is declining, causing drastic page count reductions and staff cuts.  The major publications in the electronics industry are no exception.  Limited page counts, not to mention staff, makes it increasingly difficult for journalists to answer the question: Does the potential news affect a large enough audience to be worthy of coverage?

 

Currently, that means many startup companies are not going to get the attention they once received. The model for technology news coverage is still unsettled and it will be for some time to come. The