![]() Thalo found that the solution was to get rid of a material called ITO - indium tin oxide - which both conducts electricity and is transparent. But so far that technology has suffered from poor quality and high manufacturing costs. The answer is found in "reflective displays" that are visible in bright light and with low batteries. ![]() "These are problems we face very single day," he said. ![]() Screens on mobile devices routinely suck batteries dry and are difficult, if not impossible, to see in daylight, Thalo co-founder Ryan Marchewka said in his three-minute pitch to a panel of judges. ![]() Velocity is the UW program that supports startups with cash prizes, and space in incubators for software, hardware and life science startups. ![]() It also won $10,000 as the best hardware startup at Thursday's finals, which were the third and final Velocity pitch competition of 2015. Thalo, founded by two nanotechnology engineers, won $25,000 and a place in the Velocity Foundry, the university's incubator for hardware startups in downtown Kitchener. KITCHENER - A startup developing screen technology for mobile devices that uses less battery power and provides better daylight visibility is among the winners in the latest round of the Velocity Fund Finals at the University of Waterloo. ![]()
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