LCD
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If you’ve ever wished for a third hand so you can watch your phone while doing the dishes, Samsung might be answering your prayers in a roundabout way. The company has just been awarded a patent for a “flying display device” – a screen mounted on a quadcopter that follows your gaze.
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At CES this week Samsung announced its 2017 TV lineup, which improves on its existing quantum dot technology and continues the battle against OLED under a new name: QLED.
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High contrast is one of the main advantages that OLED has in the display wars, but now Panasonic has managed to squeeze a comparable ratio out of an IPS LCD. Boasting a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1, the new panel displays HDR content and is intended for high-end applications – initially at least.
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The Boogie Board line of e-writers has expanded its stable with two new models, the Jot 4.5 with Clearview and the Scribble n’ Play. Like other Boogie Boards, both use cholesteric liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, which allows users to easily write and erase with the press of a button.
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Since 2010, the Boogie Board eWriter range has provided youthful imaginations with modern-day notepads for their digital doodles and sketches. Improvements since have seen the addition of onboard storage and stylish new designs, but the latest addition to the lineup may be its biggest leap yet.
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A new fully-adjustable synthetic eye lens from the University of Leeds, and made from liquid crystal, is designed to surgically replace long-sighted lenses in the human eye.
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ScienceResearchers at the Pusan National University in South Korea have developed an advanced light shutter that can rapidly switch between transparency and opaqueness in less than a millisecond, paving the way for displays that become see-through at the flick of a switch.
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Italian motorcycle helmet maker AGV has unveiled a new motorcycle helmet visor that can darken or lighten in less than a second. Eloquently named AGVisor, it realizes its swift tinting effect via a thin liquid crystal (LCD) layer powered by a small rechargeable battery.
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Sharp has announced a number of new displays that it says "simply cannot be duplicated by other companies." The firm showcased an 85-in 8K LCD screen, a 120-in 4K commercial LCD display and a 60-in wraparound pillar display at CES in Las Vegas.
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Samsung is expanding the already acronym-heavy TV arena at CES 2015 with its new SUHD TVs, which pack a proprietary, eco-friendly nano-crystal technology that improves the color gamut, contrast and brightness to provide image quality comparable to the much more expensive OLED sets.
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Omega watches have flown on manned space missions since the Omega Speedmaster Professional Chronograph was carried on Project Mercury in the early 1960s. Now the latest version, the Speedmaster Skywalker X-33, is seeing service on the International Space Station.
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Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, however, have produced an ultra-thin LCD screen prototype that is not only capable of displaying images without continuous power, but in 3D as well.
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