PHOTO: Gamma dynamics
Researchers in Ohio have created an electronic paper display that should produce full color images at nearly video rates. The display forms images by expelling and retracting a glob of ink at each pixel. See http://spectrum.ieee.org/apr09/8907.
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The National Academy of Engineering presents its top honor to inventors of the liquid crystal display
Last week I walked, looked, walked, listened, walked, talked, and tweeted CES. Here's what I had to say.
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