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Re:Low-power, wireless displays made possible by javanix on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @11:10AM (#1735891)
I try not to get too worked up over press releases but it seems like they have a working prototype of this device - and that makes me excited.
Re:Low-power, wireless displays made possible by ShabbyDoo on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @02:44PM (#1736759)
I was just telling a co-worker this morning that I want a reflective screen (ala Kindle) as a second monitor at work. I'd love to put documentation up on it. Although this isn't quite it, it's a step in the right direction.
Re:Low-power, wireless displays made possible by stuaxo on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @03:06PM (#1736831)
I really want a wireless screen I can paint onto any surface. It would have to be a self organising structure of some kind, and of course wirelessly powered.

I'd imagine that ScreenPaint would make printer ink look pretty cheap at first!

Re:Low-power, wireless displays made possible by dLuna on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @12:00PM (#1736097)
When this goes into large scale production I'll be interested in buying one. The concept is really cool. I don't care so much about the "even in sunlight" part, but rather the low power consumption is the good part.
Re:Low-power, wireless displays made possible by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @01:21PM (#1736398)
This is really cool, but...

It really needs capacitance touch. Aside from watching movies, it's going to be a bear trying to move a mouse on one machine while the pointer is on another screen, perhaps pointing away from you.

I hate to complain, but that's the one feature that's missing from making this a truly breakthrough product. If they had that, I'd be a lot more psyched.

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Re:Low-power, wireless displays made possible by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @11:59AM (#1736095)
It's not e-ink. It's a screen that becomes sunlight readable and mostly black'n'white when you turn off the backlight. This also extends the battery life somewhat. But when you turn the backlight back on it's like a standard LCD.
Re:Low-power, wireless displays made possible by aw3c2 on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @11:43AM (#1736025)
I absolutely disagree. Besides, having the sun shine into your window or having bright lights in the background gives the same problem.