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Biometric Smartphone Security: New OSRAM IR LEDs Announced for Iris Recognition

Biometric Smartphone Security: New OSRAM IR LEDs Announced for Iris Recognition

Biometric security comes standard for most smartphones. Can IR LEDs keep iris scanning a viable option?


News Apr 05, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet

Teardown Tuesday: Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet

The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is a 7" color tablet. This Teardown Tuesday opens one up and looks inside.


News Mar 28, 2017 by Mark Hughes
LEDs and Solar Cells Combine into Devices that Emit and Absorb Light

LEDs and Solar Cells Combine into Devices that Emit and Absorb Light

Researchers have developed double-heterojunction nanorods which can be biased to both send and receive light—in other words, a device that is both an LED and solar cell, capable of emitting and absorbing light.


News Mar 17, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Teardown Tuesday: Portable Power Bank and Solar Charger

Teardown Tuesday: Portable Power Bank and Solar Charger

In this teardown, we look at the Hiluckey solar charger with an inbuilt lithium-ion battery.


News Mar 14, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Sound-Activated LED Party Lighting

Teardown Tuesday: Sound-Activated LED Party Lighting

See what's inside a sound-activated LED for use in DJ environments.


News Mar 07, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Can Graphene OLEDs Bring Flexible Displays to the Consumer Market?

Can Graphene OLEDs Bring Flexible Displays to the Consumer Market?

Recently researchers in South Korea have published their work on a new OLED stack in NPG Asia Materials journal. This new OLED is not only ultra-flexible but is also extremely efficient. What does this mean for new OLEDs? Are we going to see more OLEDs in products?


News Sep 26, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Wi-Fi-Connected LED Bulb

Teardown Tuesday: Wi-Fi-Connected LED Bulb

What's inside of a Wi-Fi-controlled light bulb? Find out in this Teardown Tuesday!


News Aug 16, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Teardown Tuesday: Wireless Mice!

Teardown Tuesday: Wireless Mice!

Once a luxury item, they are now commonplace. Wireless mice are pretty popular, but what's in them?


News Jun 14, 2016 by Alex Udanis
OLED Screens Get a Needed Price Drop

OLED Screens Get a Needed Price Drop

OLED displays might finally have the advantage they need to sweep the smartphone market.


News Apr 21, 2016 by Michael Greer
Make Lighting Easy with Smart LEDs

Make Lighting Easy with Smart LEDs

Smart LEDs are becoming increasingly popular and very inexpensive. It's a great time to pick some up and experiment!


News Jan 01, 2016 by Alex Udanis
What You Should Know About Television Technology

What You Should Know About Television Technology

There are many so competing technologies in televisions, it can quickly become downright confusing. We discuss a handful of them here including 4k / UHD, Framerate, OLED, HDR, Quantum dots, and Quantum LEDs


News Dec 17, 2015 by Arthur Anderson
What You Should Know About Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) Technology

What You Should Know About Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) Technology

A thorough explanation of OLED technology and its applications. Like an LED, an OLED is a solid semiconductor device that is 100 to 500 nanometers in length or 200 times smaller than a human hair!


News Nov 09, 2015 by Donald Krambeck
Real Life Gets Sci-Fi: Samsung’s New OLED Transparent Displays

Real Life Gets Sci-Fi: Samsung’s New OLED Transparent Displays

The displays come in the clear and mirrored variety and both are equally amazing.


News Jun 12, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley