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Philips preps first OLED desk lamp

Posted December 31, 2012 - 11:34 by Beth Buczynski, EarthTechling

OLEDs use less electricity (and mercury) than normal light bulbs or LEDs, making them more efficient and environmentally-friendly.

TV makers slapped with record fine for price fixing

Posted December 5, 2012 - 08:54 by Emma Woollacott

The European Commission has slapped record fines, totalling $1.92 billion, on seven electronics companies for fixing cathode ray tube prices before CRT televisions disappeared in favor of flat-screens.

Transparent car roof is light source at night

Posted January 20, 2012 - 08:10 by Kate Taylor

BASF and Philips have developed an OLED car roof that can flip between acting as a window and a light source, giving light when switched on but becoming transparent when turned off.

Philips develops luminous wallpaper

Posted July 13, 2011 - 09:45 by Kate Taylor

Philips is planning to start marketing wallpaper that glows, developed through a partnership with sound insulation company Kvadrat Soft Cells.

Japan introduces 52-inch glasses-free 3D TV

Posted May 24, 2011 - 07:24 by Raven Lovecraft

What is perhaps the most technologically sophisticated 3D TV is now a fait de compli in Japan.

Anyone for an invisible keyboard?

Posted September 16, 2010 - 09:25 by Emma Woollacott

So, how good are your keyboard skills? An Israeli start-up reckons there's enough touch-typists out there to justify launching an invisible virtual keyboard.