This company needs to make it big. Fast!
I'm seriously excited about the potential of this technology solving 2 critical problems wrt battery life (and usability benefits).
1. E-ink on tablets
2. Reflective pixels for outdoor viewing
Pixel Qi: the only non-captive LCD design company in the world
We have already shipped 2 million screens in the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO laptop: Pixel Qi is a spin out of One Laptop per Child. For our first Pixel Qi product, we have developed of a new class of low power screen that embodies epaper with color and video with vast improvements over the OLPC screen. With the backlight on, this screen is color and looks and acts just like a standard LCD; with the backlight off, it becomes a highly reflective e-paper display with support for rapid update and video. Our first product in this series is a10.1" diagonal and is now available for mini-laptops, multitouch tablets, ebook readers and other devices and offers a 5-10X power reduction compared to standard LCD screens. This allows much longer battery life and/or can halve the weight of tablets using low power chipsets like ARM due the savings on battery weight and housing made possible with our screen.
The future of mobile computing requires low power screens that are readable in any light.
However, in environments with high ambient light levels, the 3Qi's reflective mode contributes to the image, allowing the backlight to be turned down or off. This unique capability delivers significant power savings,
This highly "green" LCD consumes 80 percent less power in reflective mode, yet delivers a better contrast ratio and equivalent reflectance typical of the best electrophoretic displays.
The screen is the most power-hungry component in a computing device:
Our screens are game changers - delivering low power & long battery life while enabling much lighter tablets, laptops and devices.
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