Plastic Logic, a spin-off company from the Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory, has recently released its design of a future electronic newspaper reader. This lightweight plastic screen copies the appearance, but not the feel, of a printed newspaper. This electronic paper ...

A Belgian firm, Barco, has recently launched the world’s first 6 MegaPixel diagnostic display system, named Coronis Fusion 6MP DL. Users can enjoy the monitor’s 3280 x 2048 native resolution and the diagnostic luminance which is able to provide a ...

Infosys Technologies Limited has been granted two patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office in the areas of holography and mobile communications. The first patent, entitled “Displaying Holographic Three Dimensional (3-D) Images”, contains the development plans behind an actual ...

The Illinois based Company TDVision is proposing Hollywood studios a way to make current Blu-ray Disc movies appear in three dimensions (3-D). Watching a car chase on a conventional TV has a world of difference when compared to watching movies ...

Researchers at the Human Media Laboratory, Queen’s University in Canada are developing prototypes of new “non-planar” devices, which are virtually computers that have a flexible shape. Computers are nifty, but too bulky to be carried around. Even a laptop is ...

Sharp Corporation recently introduced the world’s largest LCD display, measuring 108 inches. The new display will be available for business and commercial applications, but currently, only a limited number of monitors will be provided. One of the first buyers of ...

The U.S. Company E Ink has announced that its next generation segmented display cells are now available. The new cells are 40 percent thinner, more flexible, and have a wider operational temperature range than previous models. Among other applications, the ...

Hewlett-Packard and DreamWorks Animation have announced a new display technology, which is capable of displaying one billion colors. In a unique, two-year collaboration, the two companies have developed the “HP DreamColor” display. According to the companies, their new display will ...

Samsung recently unveiled a dual-monitor, which consists of two LCD displays. The larger, 22-inch screen serves as a main display, while the smaller 7-inch screen displays secondary applications that are usually used in the background, such as instant-messaging services or ...

Microsoft’s new LucidTouch device is a mobile electronic unit that allows the user to control onscreen applications by touching the back of the see-through device. Unlike other touch-based devices, LucidTouch enables the user to use his hands behind the device, ...