HoloTV Images Jump off the Screen, into Tomorrow's Homes (w/Video)

Physics / Optics & Photonics

Mar 12, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (19) | 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unlike today’s biggest and most realistic LCD and plasma TVs, 3D TV screens can project images that seem to float in mid-air beyond the screen. That means, for instance, that viewers could ...

Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Oct 03, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (57) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- As nanoimprinting technology advances, scientists have shown that using nano-sized polarizers could significantly enhance the contrast ratio in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For consumers, ...

Sharp Unveils Solar-Powered TV

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jul 04, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (45) | 10

For the 1.6 billion people living in areas without utility-supplied electricity, Sharp has designed a TV that can get 100% of its power from the sun. The company plans to exhibit the 26-inch LCD prototype ...

Simple OLEDs ready for quick manufacturing

Physics / General Physics

Oct 02, 2007 | 4.6 / 5 (70) | 3

With their attractively low energy consumption, Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are widely predicted to replace the LCDs now used in the large screens of laptops and TVs. Currently, OLEDs are commonly ...

Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

Dec 11, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (14) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...

Qualcomm's next e-book to use a mirasol display

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 20, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (11) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm subsidiary Mirasol is developing a new e-book reader with a color display that uses ambient light. The reader will be capable of displaying video smoothly, but the new features will ...

E-reader sales soaring but Apple captures the buzz

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Oct 08, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle.

Dell's Latitude Z introduces wireless charging (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 30, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (13) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell has introduced its new ultra-thin Latitude Z laptop with the world's first wireless laptop battery charger.

Active Shutter 3D Technology for HDTV

Technology / Hi Tech

Sep 25, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (14) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony and Panasonic have recently announced a new technology, called "active shutter" for producing the experience of 3D on high definition TVs. The first models are expected to be available ...

Open-source camera could revolutionize photography (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

Sep 03, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (24) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford photo scientists are out to reinvent digital photography with the introduction of an "open-source" digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create ...

LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 01, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (20) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Korean company, LG Electronics, the second largest television manufacturer in the world, has announced it will launch a 15-inch organic display TV set in early September. The announcement, ...

Organic light-emitting diode screens ready to go mainstream

Electronics / Hardware

Jun 24, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (22) | 6

It's not yet lights-out for LCD and plasma, but OLED displays are finally ready to begin pushing those technologies out of the limelight.

LG claims world's thinnest LCD-TV panel

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

May 19, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 5

South Korea's LG Display said it has developed a liquid crystal display (LCD) television panel that is thinner than a pencil, describing it as the world's slimmest.

Liquid crystal lasers promise cheaper, high colour resolution laser television

Physics / Optics & Photonics

Apr 20, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (21) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (part of the Department's Photonics Research Group at the University of Cambridge) are leading the way ...

Samsung NC310 Netbook Claims 11 Hour Battery Life

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Mar 25, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most standard netbooks offer between two and five hours of battery life, the newly released Samsung NC310 goes beyond these limits and can achieve 11 hours of computing time on a single charge. ...