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Next-generation TMOS displays closer to mass production

Uni-Pixel, a company based in Woodlands, Texas, has announced it is about to start mass production of a thin-film to be used in time-multiplexed optical shutter (TMOS) displays, a next-generation display technology that exploits retinal persistence in the human eye and promises significantly better performance than CRT, LCD and OLED displays with, among other things, [...]

Tags: display technology, energy efficiency, human eye, human vision, lcd displays, lcd screen, lcds, manufacturing process, mass production, oled displays, persistence, superimposition, thin film transistors, tmos
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Tiny ‘nuclear batteries’ unveiled

Researchers have demonstrated a penny-sized “nuclear battery” that produces energy from the decay of radioisotopes.
As radioactive substances decay, they release charged particles that when properly harvested can create an electrical current.
Nuclear batteries have been in use for military and aerospace applications, but are typically far larger.
The University of Missouri team says that the batteries hold [...]

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The internet at forty

A mid-life crisis threatens its future

Tags: 40th birthday, arpanet, defence department, internet packet, leonard kleinrock, mid life crisis, packet networks, packet switched networks, redundancy, research projects agency, telecommunications network
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Corn Plastic to the Rescue

Wal-Mart and others are going green with “biodegradable” packaging made from corn. But is this really the answer to America’s throwaway culture?

Tags: biodegradable packaging, cornfields, Innovation, natural compounds, oil prices, organics, petroleum world, plastic packaging, renewable resource, steaming corn, wal mart, zero waste
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Process For Making ‘Unbreakable’ Glass Developed

Image by Marco Veringa via Flickr

Wine glasses that don’t shatter? Baby bottles that don’t break? Coffee mugs that last generations?
All are possible with a new process for strengthening glass and ceramics developed by an Alfred University researcher.
Alfred University has signed a royalty agreement with Santanoni Glass and Ceramics, Inc., of Alfred Station, NY, for proprietary [...]

Tags: alfred university, coffee mugs, glass and ceramics, glass science, Innovation, innovation center, proprietary technology, unbreakable glassware, wine glasses
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