Flat panel displays have experienced phenomenal growth in the last decade, taking over the portable and desktop computer monitors market completely and advancing rapidly in the TV segment. They are the future of all displays and considered a critical technology. Extensive research and development is underway in the fight for a share of this rapidly growing market. In this newsletter, Baverstam reports critical new developments in various technologies constituting flat panels including the leading LCD technology, plasma, the emerging OLED, and novel display technologies like the SED and FED from a materials perspective. It also presents advances in novel technologies based on flat panel technology such as flexible displays, electronic paper and wearable electronics.