- 1. Smartphone battle opens door for new OLED technology
The thin, light screens might be used to make brake light indicators that follow the contours of a car, or health monitors or imaging devices that wrap around a patient like a blanket, said John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, whose study appears in the journal Science.
He said the large display screens combine the sca...
- 2. LED display technology gets a twist
(Reuters) - U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found a way to make large-scale flexible display screens that can be stretched to fit the contours of a bus yet are transparent enough so riders can see out windows.
The thin, light screens might be used to make brake light indicators that follow the contours of a car, or health monitors o...
- 3. LED display
An LED display is a video display which uses light-emitting diodes. An LED panel is a small display, or a component of a larger display. They are typically used outdoors in store signs and billboards, and in recent years have also become commonly used in destination signs on public transport vehicles. LED panels are sometimes used as form of ligh...
- 4. World Cup becomes bonanza for Mexico
The World Cup has brought great fortune to Mexico with big sales of souvenir and drinks.
Only in the capital city, soccer fans will consume up to 262 million U.S. dollars during the World Cup finals, according to official statistics.
Mexico City's Commerce, Service and Tourism Chamber estimated that Mexico City citizens will spent all togethe...
- 5. UK borrows less but debt over $1.3 trillion
The British government's borrowing eased in May but the nation's debt still rose above 900 billion pounds (US$1.33 trillion), an official report said yesterday.
Borrowing dropped from 17.4 billion pounds in May last year to 16 billion pounds last month, the Office for National Statistics said. The agency also revised the April borrowing figure d...
- 6. Russia eyes investment boom
Russia will scrap the capital gains tax on long-term foreign investment next year in order to create a much-needed "investment boom," President Dmitry Medvedev told a gathering of foreign businesses yesterday in St Petersburg.
Medvedev also vowed to loosen the state's stranglehold on the economy by introducing more competition and -- i...
