NASA’s LADEE LLCD Sets New Space Data Transmission Record, 622Mbps

Lasers are indisputably awesome and space agency NASA has led the attribution a bit higher. NASA’s lunar probe Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), which started orbiting the Moon earlier this month, has set a record breaking data transmission between the Moon and Earth with 622 Mb of data per second.

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LG Creates World’s Thinnest 1080p LCD Panel At 2.2mm Thick

Smartphone displays are critically important, not only because they display all information to the users but also because they also affect the thickness of a handset. LG has now created the world’s thinnest 1080p LCD panel. This panel is a mere 2.2mm thick and can help LG build slimmer smartphones in the coming days.

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$5 Wall-Mounted Sensor Turns Any LCD Into Touchscreen

In a world where mobile devices are fast becoming an integral part of our lives, touchscreens are a norm. Researchers at University of Washington have now created a sensor that can turn any standard LCD into a touchscreen. And apparently, this sensor costs a mere $5!

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Panasonic To Exit Plasma TV Market, Will Reduce LCD TV Production

The ailing Japanese electronics maker Panasonic has reportedly decided to exit from the plasma TV business. The company may shut down plasma TV production at its main plant in Amagaskai in next fiscal year 2014. The Nikkei newspaper reported the development on Monday.

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China Fines LCD Makers Over Price Fixing

Multiple countries have been investigating into allegations that LG, Philips, Samsung and others colluded to rig the prices of the LCD market, minting huge profits in the process. EU has already slammed the companies with a $1.9 billion bill and now, China has fined them another $56.6 million.

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Researchers Create Spherically Curved LCD Display For Contact Lenses

Carrying around an actual, functional display within a contact lens is something which had been a part of movies and fiction until recently. Thanks to the work of researchers at The Center of Microsystems Technology, we may be on the on the very verge of realizing this fantasy.

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