Showing posts with label displays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label displays. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Blue Is The New Red

Kent Displays (I've never heard of them either) have apparently been making cool and funky displays for a few years now and selling them to manufacturers but today it was announced that they've got two hot new technologies ready to rock your gadget world.

The first one is "a simple monochrome electronic writing tablet that consists of a pressure sensitive display (think next-generation Post-it note)". I can't quite picture how this works and the photo just looks like a bent LCD screen...

BUT!

The cool one is the funky colour changing electronic "skin". Named eGo it requires no power at all to maintain any colour already rendered on the surface. This means you can "display" whatever colour you'd like and it stays that way without using any more power until you switch it again. It would be handy for things like watches and phones (like in the photo) if you're a little fashion conscious. Or maybe it can be applied to your fingernails so you can be just like the secretary from The Fifth Element. Can you think of any other uses for it.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

MIT Working On "6-D" Display

The brains at MIT have created what they're calling a "4-D" display where a static image (in this case a brandy bottle) appears to cast shadows, show highlights and generally react to the light behind it. Make sure you check out the video to ensure you have even the slightest clue as to what is going on.

Great news for billboard-type advertisers and maybe the manufacturers of those LCD photo displays you see in homes these days. Not sure who else this may benefit but cool nonetheless.