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Billboards Now Interactive, Will Get to 'Minority Report' Levels of Cleverness

Kit Eaton — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:05:40 -0500

Billboards seem so last-century don't they, with their huge paper posters and badly-glued peeling corners? You've obviously not been keeping up with the times then: Digital interactivity is the new trend, and it's just the beginning.

CE Association Ruffles Feathers at the Mere Hint of Limiting Flat-Screen Sales

Kit Eaton — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:02:21 -0500

Ed. Note: This piece has been edited significantly from its original version to reflect factual inaccuracies related to exactly what the California Energy Commission has proposed. We regret the earlier error.

Put This on My Phone Now: Hammer-Blow Resistant OLED

Kit Eaton — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:14:29 -0400

Organic light emitting displays are the next big thing for mobile technology--they're better in so many ways. And LG's just demonstrated an OLED screen that's freakishly awesome: it can resist hammer blows. Show me your LCD doing that?

Sharp's New Five-Color LCD Displays 99% of Visible Colors, But Not on Your TV

Kit Eaton — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:25:59 -0400

LCDs may be on the verge of being superseded by OLED tech, but Sharp still found room for innovation. The electronics company just released news about a new invention--an LCD that can generate 99% of the colors you can see on real surfaces.

LG's Cheap 3-D Computer Screen Gives You an Excuse to Watch 'UP'

Kit Eaton — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:07:33 -0400

3D technology is always being touted as the next big thing for home entertainment, and we're always skeptical (despite the long list of 3-D movies due out this year). But today LG revealed a new 3-D computer display that makes home 3-D viewing look a little more realistic. The screen measures 23 inches, it doesn't break the bank, and best of all it only requires simple glasses.

The Netbook Just Grew Up: Sharp's Mebius Has an LCD Trackpad

Kit Eaton — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:36:09 -0400

Looks like the netbook is no longer the immature, dim-witted cousin of the grown-up laptop: Sharp's new Mebius netbook is so shiny and clever it outclasses many "superior" machines. It's got a multi-touch LCD where its tiny, inefficient "netbook class" trackpad should be.

Some EU Plasma TVs to Go the Way of the Dodo Bird

Kit Eaton — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:24:11 -0500

Speaking to a newspaper this weekend, government ministers in Britain intend to ban giant flatscreen plasma TVs that don't meet stringent energy efficiency requirements. It sounds draconian, but apparently it's all with the goal of protecting the environment.