Karl, Even with very slow refresh rates, nice big flat screens would be perfect for art. Sofa-size for $39.98! AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] and another display technology .. > From: karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, September 06, 2007 8:53 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19337/?a=f > > "Photonic crystals are being used by a Toronto startup to create commercial > devices that offer better color and resolution than other flexible > displays. > Scientists in Canada have used photonic crystals to create a novel type of > flexible electronic-paper display. Unlike other such devices, the > photonic-crystal display is the first with pixels that can be individually > tuned to any color. > > "You get much brighter and more-intense colors," says André Arsenault, a > chemist at the University of Toronto and cofounder of Opalux, a > Toronto-based company commercializing the photonic-crystal technology, > called P-Ink. > > With P-Ink, it's a different story. "We can get 100 percent of the area to > be red," Arsenault says. This is because each pixel can be tuned to create > any color in the visible spectrum. "That's a three-times increase in the > brightness of colors," he says. "It makes a huge difference." > > "It's a spectacular innovation," says Edzer Huitema, chief technology > officer of the Dutch firm Polymer Vision, based in Eindhoven. Even > traditional screens, such as cathode-ray tubes, LCDs, and plasma displays, > use three or even four differently colored pixels to generate color. "It's > a major limitation for all color-display technologies," Huitema says. When > the color of each pixel is controlled, not only does the color quality > increase, but the resolution should also improve by a factor of three. > > Arsenault predicts that Opalux will have the first products on the market > within two years, probably in the form of advertising displays. But, he > says, it will be a long while before P-Ink will be in a position to > completely replace traditional displays. "The caveat is that we are not at > video speeds," Arsenault says. > > > > this one looks like a keeper! :) > > Even if they don't achieve high refresh rates, colour display that can be > manufactured to huge sizes, use little power (and at times NONE) and can > reproduce colours like this - the benefits to photographers editing images > would be awesome! > > Maybe not at the editing stage, I'd hate to have to wait a second to see > where my dragged mouse would appear, but on a second 'preview' monitor it > would be great. > > k
