By Evan Ackerman This is a prototype e-reader from Qualcomm called Mirasol. Apparently, this vivid color display (which doesn’t use a backlight) consumes less power than a monochrome e-ink display: More, after the jump. How can this work? Well, if they’re talking about the blue morpho (which...

By Evan Ackerman This is a prototype e-reader from Qualcomm called Mirasol. Apparently, this vivid color display (which doesn’t use a backlight) consumes less power than a monochrome e-ink display: More, after the jump. How can this work? Well, if they’re talking about the blue morpho (which...

By Andrew Liszewski Remember the I-Tech Virtual Laser Keyboard ? It was a little pod-like device you sat on your desk that projected a red virtual keyboard you could actually type on. Well the Light Touch is basically the same idea, but with about 5 years of technological advancement behind it. Instead...

By Andrew Liszewski Besides 3D, ebooks and media players, another popular phrase thrown around this year’s CES is multi-touch. And one of the more impressive pieces of multi-touch hardware I’ve seen so far is 3M’s new M2256PW LCD display. Using the company’s ‘projected...

By Andrew Liszewski Given the choice I would probably opt for a really great Superbowl party rather than going to the actual game, but what makes a ‘great’ Superbowl party? Well if this thing happens to pull up in front of your home on Superbowl Sunday morning, then it’s safe to say...

By Evan Ackerman Cell phones are arguably separated into three categories: iPhone / Palm Pre / BlackBerry, phones that suck are functional for people who don’t care, and everything else. In the everything else category, what distinguishes one phone from another is often (for better or worse) looks,...

By Andrew Liszewski Sharp has announced that they’ve developed a five-primary-color display that is capable of reproducing more than 99% of real surface colors that the human eye can discern. The new display features something the company calls “Multi-Primary-Color Technology” which...

By Andrew Liszewski Created by Kevin Stone, an orthopedic surgeon and inventor, the Rescue Reel provides a better way for upper-floor residents or workers to escape a high-rise building in an emergency. The device is based on a fishing reel of all things, though the Rescue Reel improves on that design...

By Andrew Liszewski A group of researchers at the University of Tokyo, led by professor Takao Someya, have developed an organic electroluminescent display that can be stretched and folded like rubber. The new ‘displays’ were created by spraying a layer of carbon nanotubes with a fluoro-rubber...

Taking global climate change as seriously as anyone is these days, Samsung has trotted out a pair of new SyncMaster 70 series monitors, on the green tip. Coming in at your choice of either 20- or 23-inches, the displays sport a 50000:1 contrast ration, 2ms response time, and consume thirty-three percent...

We didn’t think much of Motorola’s MCU3E (MCUBE) wireless transcoder when it was launched as a prototype late last year, but obviously Moto’s got dreams of seeing this in homes around the world. Showcased at this year’s Cable Show, the rechristened Media Mover is a USB-powered...

Sony may have given up hope on the future of Field Emission Displays ( FEDs ) — CRTs that rely on flat electron emitters, ditching the cumbersome tube and the bulk that goes along with it — but Futaba is still moving forward, demoing a series of displays for Engineering TV in a video embedded...