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25 Years of Technology Innovation for Kopin
Kopin Celebrates 25 Years of Technology Innovation with Anniversary Event at Gillette Stadium
Event to Feature Demonstrations of Company's Newest Mobile Technology, Including Golden-i and 3D Video Eyewear Designs
Kopin Corporation, manufacturer of displays for consumer, industrial and military applications and the world's leading producer of heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) for smart phone and other mobile devices, today announced the details of its 25th anniversary celebration, taking place on April 28 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
The event is expected to be attended by about 300 people, including guests, media, Kopin's customers, suppliers and employees. It will feature keynote speeches by three prominent professors and demonstrations of Kopin's newest technologies. A major highlight will be the unveiling of the world's smallest color WVGA (854 x 480 resolution) liquid crystal display (LCD) of only 0.32 inch diagonal. The beautiful images from these ultra-dense displays will be shown in several 3D video eyewear reference designs, also to be unveiled for the first time. Some of these models will be demonstrated at Kopin's Annual Meeting the following day in Boston.
"Kopin was spun off from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the 1980s with the goal of developing electronic products using the nanotechnology developed at MIT to improve the way people see, hear and communicate," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's founder, president and CEO. "Over the past 25 years, our III-V transistors have been integrated into billions of cell phones and our CyberDisplay(R) LCDs into millions of consumer electronics and thermal weapon sights. In the years ahead, we believe that 3D video eyewear with our super-compact displays will set the standard for the mobile viewing experience, and our innovative Golden-i concept, complete with hands-free, voice and gesture commands, will alter the landscape for mobile computing and content access. Our III-V products enhance the wireless communication, and our miniature high-resolution displays are the logical terminals for the mobile devices."
The speakers for the 25th anniversary event include:
Professor Willy Shih of Harvard Business School, who will give a talk titled, "25 Years is a Very Long Time: Changing Faces of Innovation"
Professor Jagdish Narayan, The John C.C. Fan Family Distinguished Chair in Materials Science at North Carolina State University, who will speak on "Nanotechnology for the Next Generation"
Professor Paul Zavracky, Dean of School of Technical Entrepreneurship at Northeastern University, who will discuss "Invention and Innovation: Insight from the Early Kopin Years"
