A new antenna design trades simple metal poles for millions of tiny clouds of plasma--and leads to greater directionality for home Wi-Fi, faster speeds, cheaper designs, and ubiquitous radar systems in cars.READ»
There's news from PVI, the makers of the Kindle's e-ink screen, that they've got new versions coming this year that'll update fast enough for "animation," have touchscreens and color. The question is, is it too little to late?
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With lots of industry players working on 3-D TV, and the supporting HDMI 1.4 cable format on its way, 3-D television is guaranteed to be pushed on consumers during this holiday shopping season and the next. Panasonic certainly plans ...READ»
Plasma televisions are already on the outs with consumers due to their energy-sucking tendencies, meanwhile LCD screens have closed the gap on picture quality and are more energy efficient. But as many TV buffs know, organic ...READ»
Europe's ITER project is blowing $14 billion on the creation of a nuclear fusion power plant, but the bloated project might be outrun by General Fusion, a Vancouver, Canada startup that claims it can build a prototype plant in under a ...READ»
With so many different TV options available--plasma, LED, and OLED in the near future--it's becoming increasingly difficult to sort out energy efficiency and environmental claims. A new standard, tentatively dubbed EPEAT-for-TV, ...READ»
It may not be practical for everyday TV watching, but University of Tokyo researchers have developed a stretchy rubber-like OLED display that could provide a low-power alternative for 3D displays of all stripes. The organic ...READ»
Samsung announced this weekend that it plans to do what was once considered impossible: Manufacture an energy-efficient plasma TV. The company's HD 850 PDP "Finger Slim" is only 29 millimeters thick--just 1.15 inches from ...READ»
OLED TVs are undoubtedly the future of TV technology--they're thin, contain minimal parts, and use up to 50% less energy than LCD TVs (and significantly less than plasma, which uses as much energy as a large refrigerator). The only ...READ»
Nuclear fusion has long been the holy grail of energy--massive amounts of carbon-neutral energy combined with waste that is radioactive for a relatively short 50-to-70 years. In comparison, nuclear fission produces waste that ...READ»
In spite of the worsening economy, U.S. sales of LCD televisions are already up 20% over January and February of last year (and up 50% in Europe), according to vice chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics Lee Yoon-woo. The boost is ...READ»
Though they're a little late on their intended release date, Panasonic has finally delivered the Viera (PZ850) series of plasma televisions, which will have some basic Internet functions baked in. Two, to be precise: the TVs will have ...READ»
