News tagged with laser displays

Paging Han Solo: Researchers find more efficient way to steer laser beams

For many practical applications involving lasers, it's important to be able to control the direction of the laser beams. Just ask Han Solo, or the captain of the Death Star. Researchers from North Carolina State University ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) television - it's all done with mirrors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Californian company Prysm has unveiled a high definition television with a "laser phosphor display" based on their patented method of using lasers reflected off a bank of mirrors to excite pixels on the television screen in a similar way to cathode ray tubes. ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Augmented reality windshield from GM to show drivers potential hazards (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- General Motors and scientists from the University of Southern California and Carnegie Mellon University are developing a windshield display that will highlight obstacles or objects on the ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Prysm's Ecovative Laser Phosphor Displays (LPDs): Consumer Tech Will Have To Wait

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ecovative. It's a word that may not have made it to your Webster's yet, but it has made it to 21st century design and technology. Ecovative is a movement, actually, that employs naturally ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Two Retinal Imaging Display Devices at Prototype Stage

(PhysOrg.com) -- NEC and Brother are both developing wearable prototype devices that use Retinal Imaging Display (RID) technology to project images directly on the wearer's retina. NEC's gadget is designed ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (29) | comments 9 weblog

New lasers drive powerful applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Telecoms, healthcare and display technology will be the major beneficiaries of a new generation of semiconductor lasers developed in a massive European research effort. Better cancer treatment, wider bandwidth ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Big impact from tiny semiconductor lasers (w/Video)

A massive European effort to develop high-brightness semiconductor lasers could transform healthcare, telecoms and display applications and make Europe an undisputed leader in the field.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Liquid crystal lasers promise cheaper, high colour resolution laser television

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (part of the Department's Photonics Research Group at the University of Cambridge) are leading the way ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 4