Posted by Mike on February 1st, 2008 in display, heat, optic
Halleluiah, a resurrection to end all technology resurrections, the rebirth of the Polaroid film pack! This Zink printer, “inkless”, as they claim, uses the Polaroid “inkless” film pack technology to make high resolution pictures.
For you youngsters, Polaroid instant pictures were almost as ubiquitous as “Brownie” cameras during my adolescence and young adulthood. I think that […]
Posted by Mike on November 29th, 2007 in display, optic
I have been a follower of the work in Terahertz radiation for a long time. Terahertz radiation lies in a range of frequencies from about 500 Gigahertz (above the highest cell phone range) to far infrared, or about 1700 Gigahertz. The significance of the terahertz frequency range is that you can get a great amount […]
Posted by Mike on November 20th, 2007 in display, user interface
Nokia has made a great leap in the world of haptic technology- touch feedback. They have created a touch screen that touches back! Using piezo technology, the screen “jostles” your fingers (.1 mm, hardly a big whack, but enough apparently), along with a click sound, to give you the feedback that you actuated the key.
I […]