A tiny, intricate bromeliad or cactus just begs to be viewed up close. That’s why each is a perfect candidate for temporary display indoors in a clear glass vase. Shop for plants in 1 1/2- or 2-inch containers at nurseries and big-box stores. Then create the illusion of a garden in miniature by surrounding the potted plant with pebbles or sand. The living sculptures look especially pretty when softly illuminated from above.

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* Assembly. Fill the bottom of a vase with 1 to 2 inches of polished river rock, sand, or aquarium pebbles. On top, place a container without a drain hole, and conceal it with more pebbles. Slip the plant (still in its plastic pot) into the container.

DDD Group plc (LSE:DDD) has announced that it has integrated DDD’s TriDef 3D content solutions with SANYO Electric Company’s (”SANYO”) new 2D/3D switchable “glasses-free” 3D LCD displays. SANYO is showcasing its 8″ and 40″ multi-viewer 3D LCD displays at the CeBIT show from March 18th to the 24th 2004. CeBIT ranks as the world’s leading showcase for information technologies and telecommunications.

The SANYO CeBIT demonstration will include music videos and Hollywood movie clips converted from 2D to 3D using DDD’s patented conversion technologies and played back with DDD’s TriDef Movie Player. In addition, still images converted from 2D to 3D using DDD’s TriDef Photo Transformer will be played utilizing the TriDef Photo Viewer.

Mr. Hideyuki Kanayama, Principal Researcher for SANYO’s 3D Project, said, “DDD’s software and content solutions are one of the best we have seen. We are very pleased with the results of the combination of our respective technologies. We believe there are many opportunities for the use of our displays in the retail world. DDD’s market leading 3D conversion and presentation software is a valuable component to help us secure customers by offering a complete content and display package.”

Chris Yewdall, Chief Executive of DDD, added, “We are delighted that SANYO has elected to use DDD’s TriDef suite of tools and 3D content at CeBIT. The new multi-viewer switchable 2D/3D SANYO LCD displays fill a gap in the 3D display market and will be well received by our customers, particularly in retail advertising and promotion. Our relationship with SANYO further underlines the role that DDD is playing in delivering high quality content solutions for professional and consumer users in the growing market for 3D displays.”

From the Final Report of the Task Force on Guidelines for OPAC Displays in May 2005, this handbook provides common international practices for displays designed by librarians of general collections in the humanities, social sciences, and pure and applied sciences. The standards serve to facilitate public use from catalog to catalog. Focusing on authority and bibliographic information, the guidelines are divided into principles and recommendations, based on user needs, content, arrangement, and standardization, with examples of screen shots. There is no index.

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Anders Electronics has extended its family of industrial-specification TFT displays with five new VGA (640 x 480) and QVGA (320 x 240) 5.7in LCD modules that address demanding environmental requirements without the cost of ownership penalties typically associated with robust, high-end LCDs. In addition to addressing the needs of new industrial applications, the 5.7in TFTs also provide for cost-effective migration of existing designs from conventional monochrome STN/CSTN technologies to full colour displays.

The new 5.7in industrial-specification full colour, transmissive TFT range from Anders Electronics comprises a VGA and a QVGA module with LED backlights, and a QVGA module that incorporates a CCFL backlight and is, therefore, suited to use where high brightness is essential.

Touchscreen variants of both QVGA modules are available, bringing the total number of new industrial-specification products to five.

Ideal for factory automation, process control, test and measurement, and other industrial HMI designs, the new displays will also suit a variety of ticketing and vending applications.
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All the modules are designed for an extended operating temperature range of -20 to +70C.

The new QVGA and VGA LED backlit modules offer brightness levels of 500 and 450cd/m2, respectively, and the CCFL backlit module delivers up to 700cd/m2.

Contrast ratios are 250:1 for the LED-backlit QVGA and VGA LCDs, rising to 300:1 for the CCFL-backlit QVGA product.

At around 20,000 hours, LED backlight lifetime is around twice that of similar products, and the CCFL backlight is rated for up to 50,000 hours.

These extended backlight ratings further contribute to low lifetime operation costs.

The new 5.7in modules join Anders Electronics’ existing 3.5 and 5in industrial-specification LCDs.

As with the other modules in the range, the new products deliver low purchase and lifetime ownership costs backed up with a commitment to long-term design continuity and production.

MicroEmissive Displays Group has signed a stocking and distribution agreement with Cytech Technology, one of the leading distributors of electronic components in Hong Kong and China
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Under the terms of the contract, Cytech will use its extensive network and brand to sell MED’s eyescreen technology to Hong Kong and China based manufacturers. The agreement will generate sales, build and extend the order book for the product and commercialise the technology in the region. Cytech will seek to sell eyescreen to manufacturers for application in a variety of products.

In conjunction with the distribution agreement Cytech has placed a significant stocking order for the product.

This order takes the cumulative value of the supply contracts signed to date to in excess of US $10 million.

As announced in December 2006, the manufacturing tool set was delivered on time and characterisation is underway.
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Commenting on the agreement, Bill Miller, Chief Executive of MED said: ‘The need for low power, high quality displays is being driven by the consumer demand for next generation mobile devices and our product is attracting significant interest’.

‘The agreement with Cytech validates our confidence in the potential for our product as an enabling technology and we are working to build an even stronger order book for the coming year’.

He added: ‘Stocking and supply agreements are a cost effective way of developing our sales network’.

‘We intend to sign further distribution agreements covering other territories in order to secure a global sales framework for our business’.

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Grahame Falconer, MD of Densitron Displays, commented: ‘Densitron in the UK and Ireland focus on added value display solutions to the industrial market’. ‘The range of 3.5 to 10.4in TFT and CSTN displays that Kyocera can provide, are a perfect fit for this sector’. ‘This quality range of products enhances our portfolio and strengthens considerably our offering’.

Colin Holmes, General Manager of Kyocera, commented: ‘Densitron are a forward thinking distributor, offering the solution sale and engineering skill set that will both compliment and enhance the performance of Kyocera’s premium industrial grade displays’.

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The display can support 7bit per pixel PWM for greyscale image depth.

The display offers compatibility with parallel, I2C and SPI interfaces via a standard ZIF-style 0.5mm-pitch flex interface.

This large OLED display features a screen diagonal of 2.8in and 84.0 x 25.8 x 2.2mm outline dimensions.

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Philips Lumileds, the creator of the 350mA high-power LED, continues its innovation by developing more powerful LEDs capable of long life when driven at 1000, 2000mA and higher.

This innovation improves the light efficacy and the light quality, all while offering the lower cost required by many applications.

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These results clearly demonstrate Philips Lumileds’ progress in both light output and light quality.

Philips Lumileds achieved the record results for white LEDs by combining several new and innovative technologies it has developed.

The first devices using these technologies will be introduced in a new generation of products during this quarter.

These new technologies will continue to proliferate in new, and existing, products throughout the next 12-18 months.

Philips Lumileds breakthroughs in epitaxy, device physics, phosphor, and packaging technologies are critical to delivering the performance required of LEDs as they continue their growth into a preferred light source.

The light output performance announced today and available to the industry in the near future, is 17 times greater at the same power than was available in 1999 when Philips Lumileds introduced the first high-power LED.

While performance numbers continue to increase for low power LEDs, operating at lower currents such as 20mA, high-power LEDs are required to deliver the quality and quantity of light required for today’s and tomorrow’s lighting applications.

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Under the terms of the acquisition, Clearview Displays will become a subsidiary of GDS, known as GDS Clearview, retaining its staff and headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon and reporting directly to GDS’s US headquarters in Roscoe, Illinois.

Clearview Displays specialises in display enhancement solutions, and is the creator of the G-Bond process.

G-Bond overcomes optical challenges for display product manufacturers at an affordable price, and is particularly effective when used with outdoor displays such as ATM screens, outdoor kiosks and gas pumps displays.
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Clearview Displays G-Bond technology will enhance GDS’s current product ranges, in particular its outdoor display collection which require advanced optical enhancement and sunlight readability.

Through the acquisition, GDS’s customers will have access to an even wider range of optically bonded services and solutions with panel sising ranging from 6.4 to 65in, and options such as touch screen enhancement and optical filters.

Marco Cohen, Sales and Marketing Manager at GDS, comments: ‘This strategic acquisition will allow GDS to provide our existing customers with an improved range of products and a better all round service’.

‘We believe that GDS Clearview will also help to support faster turnaround times on advanced bonded display services, and we hope to further grow our presence on the West Coast as a result of this acquisition’.

David Blass, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at GDS Clearview, comments: ‘Clearview is excited to become part of GDS’.

‘GDS Clearview will continue to offer the same optical bonding services that we have always provided and the integration into Global Display Solutions gives customers of both businesses access to a wider range, and support worldwide’.

GDS Clearview is moving to a new facility four times larger than its previous capacity.

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Pacer USA has announced the PTM19L300-OFM1 19in open frame TFT LCD. Offering 1280 x 1024 pixel screen resolution, 179 degree viewing angle, brightness of 300cd/m2, a high contrast ratio of 700:1 and 16.7 million colours, the PTM19L300-OFM1 is the ideal LCD monitor for integrators and OEMs with content-rich applications.

Offered with VGA or VGA plus video input, users have the option of adding a resistive, capacitive or SAW touch screen.

The new, lost cost display allows designers to choose the position of the ADC, OSD and CCFL boards in the assembly.

Typical applications that will benefit from this reliable, high specification display including gaming, retail kiosks, advertising media, parking/ticketing machines, communications, ATMs and industrial user interfaces.

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Backed by many years of experience Pacer can advise customers on the pros and cons of different display technologies for their applications.