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Polycarbonate screens for traffic information
Products Polycarbonate screens for traffic information
Traffic management signs on the Forth Road Bridge feature L E X A N polycarbonate screens A major traffic scheme for vehicles Forth Road Bridge in been created using
management crossing the Scotland has six variable
message, electromagnetic rix signs. NEI Displays' screens made from G E L E X A N polycarbonate
dot matsigns use Plastics' sheet, a
lightweight material resistent to impact and which, according to the manufacturers, offers good visual clarity accompanied by low distortion. The dot matrix signs have replaced outdated light box signs, so that motorists can now be informed about weather, traffic volume, accidents, lane closures and roadworks. All this information is coordinated from a single control station with the use of NEI computer software. Weather-proof aluminium enclosures and the L E X A N screens have been supplied by Tegral Engineering Ltd of Blaydon, Tyne & Wear. The use of the L E X A N sheet has helped NEI Displays in acquiring stringent Department of Transport Stage 5 approval for the traffic management scheme. The introduction of the signs coincides with the celebration of 25 years of the bridge carrying traffic across the Firth of Forth.
GE Plastics Ltd, Birchwood Park, Risley, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6DA, UK. []
At the touch of a screen . . . .
Laser m o d u l e for communications
Touch screens are set to revolutionize customer dealings with airlines and holiday companies in the 1990s, according to Touch Screen Technologies Ltd, designers and suppliers of touch screens and interfaces. The technology will allow customers to find out the price and availability of flights, request destination, class, seat, position, travel time, place of departure, hotel or complete holiday package, before actually booking his or her requirements through a computer link, simply by touching a screen. It is hoped that customers will soon find that they are choosing where they can access a computer rather than queueing for an assistant to become available. Touch screen technology is also
BT & D has launched the LSC3300 plastic packaged 14 pin colourless BH laser module for use in a wide range of telecom, datacom and R&D applications. The active components of the LSC3300 are contained within a hermetically sealed submodule. It is available with a single mode fibre pigtail and operates in the 12801330nm wavelength range with a typical output of 2(X)p~W ( - 7 dbm) and a modulation capability of up to 1 Gbit/s. The internal semiconductor laser, manufactured using the company's proprietary metal organic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE) technique, is based on InGaAsP buried heterostructure BH technology. A longhorn type heatsink mount flange and a photodiode for monitoring laser output are incor-
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expected to make an impact in the automobile industry in the 1990s. It is already incorporated into some US cars, such as the Buick Rivera, which uses a high brightness CRT display fitted with a touch screen. All the driver auxiliary functions are controlled by this discrete touch screen, which also has the ability to allow the switch areas to have redefinable legends and sizes according to the menu chosen. The screens themselves have an overall thickness of 0.75mm and according to the manufacturers are robust, lightweight and user friendly.
Touch Screen Technologies Ltd, Haydon House, 14 Spring Lane, Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hants S 0 5 6AF, UK. Tel: (0703) 629545 []
DISPLAYS, J A N U A R Y 1990
Traffic management signs on the Forth Road Bridge feature L E X A N polycarbonate screens A major traffic scheme for vehicles Forth Road Bridge in been created using
management crossing the Scotland has six variable
message, electromagnetic rix signs. NEI Displays' screens made from G E L E X A N polycarbonate
dot matsigns use Plastics' sheet, a
lightweight material resistent to impact and which, according to the manufacturers, offers good visual clarity accompanied by low distortion. The dot matrix signs have replaced outdated light box signs, so that motorists can now be informed about weather, traffic volume, accidents, lane closures and roadworks. All this information is coordinated from a single control station with the use of NEI computer software. Weather-proof aluminium enclosures and the L E X A N screens have been supplied by Tegral Engineering Ltd of Blaydon, Tyne & Wear. The use of the L E X A N sheet has helped NEI Displays in acquiring stringent Department of Transport Stage 5 approval for the traffic management scheme. The introduction of the signs coincides with the celebration of 25 years of the bridge carrying traffic across the Firth of Forth.
GE Plastics Ltd, Birchwood Park, Risley, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6DA, UK. []
At the touch of a screen . . . .
Laser m o d u l e for communications
Touch screens are set to revolutionize customer dealings with airlines and holiday companies in the 1990s, according to Touch Screen Technologies Ltd, designers and suppliers of touch screens and interfaces. The technology will allow customers to find out the price and availability of flights, request destination, class, seat, position, travel time, place of departure, hotel or complete holiday package, before actually booking his or her requirements through a computer link, simply by touching a screen. It is hoped that customers will soon find that they are choosing where they can access a computer rather than queueing for an assistant to become available. Touch screen technology is also
BT & D has launched the LSC3300 plastic packaged 14 pin colourless BH laser module for use in a wide range of telecom, datacom and R&D applications. The active components of the LSC3300 are contained within a hermetically sealed submodule. It is available with a single mode fibre pigtail and operates in the 12801330nm wavelength range with a typical output of 2(X)p~W ( - 7 dbm) and a modulation capability of up to 1 Gbit/s. The internal semiconductor laser, manufactured using the company's proprietary metal organic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE) technique, is based on InGaAsP buried heterostructure BH technology. A longhorn type heatsink mount flange and a photodiode for monitoring laser output are incor-
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expected to make an impact in the automobile industry in the 1990s. It is already incorporated into some US cars, such as the Buick Rivera, which uses a high brightness CRT display fitted with a touch screen. All the driver auxiliary functions are controlled by this discrete touch screen, which also has the ability to allow the switch areas to have redefinable legends and sizes according to the menu chosen. The screens themselves have an overall thickness of 0.75mm and according to the manufacturers are robust, lightweight and user friendly.
Touch Screen Technologies Ltd, Haydon House, 14 Spring Lane, Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hants S 0 5 6AF, UK. Tel: (0703) 629545 []
DISPLAYS, J A N U A R Y 1990