Pixel Qi
Just read about Pixel Qi and its amazing innovation, not to invent new gadgets and technologies, but in making things better with the present-day machinery:
PixelQi’s screen technology represents a key breakthrough for the portable computer market, especially for low-cost devices — a screen that is readable in direct sunlight and more power efficient than current display technologies. Pixel Qi’s screen consumes 25%-50% of the power of a regular notebook screen in their power savings mode and will be available at comparable price points and volumes to standard LCD screens. Pixel Qi’s screen can be manufactured using the same fabrication machinery as conventional LCDs.
See how it kills the iPad:
And see how it compares with Kindle and Transflective LCD:
Mary Lou Jepsen, the founder of Pixel Qi, was the CTO for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).
[link: Pixel Qi]