The first affordable, flexible electronic displays were recently revealed by HP and Flexible Display Center (FDC) at the Arizona State University (ASU). Plastic was predominately used to develop these paper-like computer displays, which makes the device portable and more energy ...
LG’s Privacy Protection LCD
LG Display Corporation has recently announced the development of a 14.1-inch LCD panel for notebook PCS that will help ensure users’ privacy by limiting the viewing angle. The alteration is made by a single touch, and the firm believes this ...
Fujifilm 3D Digital Photo Frames
Fujifilm has developed a new real imaging system which consists of three dimensional (3D) digital cameras, 3D digital photo frames, and 3D printing. The 3D image system boasts advanced image signal processing and micro-component technologies, and so far has been ...
MIT’s 6-D Display
Researchers at MIT have recently created “‘6D”’ images which are extraordinarily realistic, with a full three-dimensional look, but are able to also respond to their environment. The images produce natural shadows and highlights relying on direction and intensity of the ...
Plastic Logic E-Newspaper
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 ...
Barco 6 MegaPixels Display
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 ‘Real’ Hologram
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 ...
Bright Future for Home 3-D Display Technology
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 ...
Flexible Computers Conform to Any Shape
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’s 108-Inch LCD
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 ...