Smartkem’s agreement with Taiwan’s leading display manufacturer AUO to build the world’s first rollable, transparent MicroLED display marks an ambitious step forward in screen technology. The bold collaboration brings together three cutting-edge innovations, MicroLED, rollable and transparent displays, which have the potential to reshape the...
2023 was a critical year for Smartkem with $15m raised from investors and two new development deals. Ian Jenks, the company’s chairman and chief executive, looks back on the key events of 2023 and their potential implications. As the New Year gathers pace, Smartkem chairman and...
In Night City, where dangers lurk around every corner and gangs loiter in doorways, having a top of the range gaming console and a high spec monitor could be a matter of life or death. The fictional Californian city is the location of one of...
Energy costs are rising and carbon taxes are on the way. Screen manufacturing requires a lower carbon, more energy efficient system. As electricity prices rocket and a range of new carbon taxes come into force, display makers are looking to reduce the energy required to manufacture...
How did you get started in the display industry?I started my display industry career by working at Standish Industries in Wisconsin, some 25+ years ago; we were making monochrome TN (Twisted Nematic) and STN (Super Twisted Nematic) LCD. We had the widest temperature displays that...
Digital displays will play a key role in the future of urban environments, but the industry will need to boost its sustainability credentials and keep the pavement-walking public on side. This year, Las Vegas experienced a 4th July celebration like no other. The MSG Sphere, billed as...
Display Week, the industry’s annual conference in Los Angeles, which took place at the end of May this year, focused on two transformational technologies – microLED screens and foldable displays. Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, this is a key event for the display industry where technologists...
Displays are spreading all over car interiors, but little attention is paid to aesthetics. As auto manufacturers plan the future of mobility, they are sketching out radical plans for upgrading the car. A vehicle that changes colour through a coating of e-ink on its exterior panels...
Dr. Bev Brown, SmartKem’s chief scientific officer, takes the opportunity on International Women’s Day to encourage more women to become chemists. Her exciting career and pioneering research make her a great role-model for young female scientists to follow.SmartKem’s chief scientific officer Dr. Bev Brown is a...
Show me your true colours – micro-LEDs light the way to a world of flexible displays This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas wowed the world with some truly inspirational technology. And it offered a glimpse of the great screen transformations yet to come. A BMW...