Tag: LCDs

Green screens: energy-collecting LCDs coming soon

Green screens: energy-collecting LCDs coming soon

Your smart phone, iPad, or other LCD device may soon be able to recharge using solar energy. The colorful, high resolution LCDs on smart phones and other devices consume a lot of energy and quickly drain battery life; however, engineers at UCLA are developing one alternative. The engineers have created photovoltaic polarizers that sit over […]

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No excuses: tips for cleaning screens

No excuses: tips for cleaning screens

Do you keep your screens clean? Or can you write in the dust on your laptop screen? From tablets to smart phones to LCDs and projection screens, we have to set up, manage, and troubleshoot more and more screens at work and in our home. However, screens—especially touch screens—are subject to a lot of grime. […]

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