OLPC dual-mode display gets for reals

by Paul Miller, posted Sep 12th 2006 at 12:40PM

The last update we got on the "CM1" OLPC's state of development was that everything was pretty far along except for that proprietary dual-mode display they'd been touting since day one. Well, it's finally gotten real in the form of a boxy prototype running Squeak. With specs like "higher resolution than 95% of the laptop displays on the market today," "sunlight readability" and "room-light readability with the backlight off," the display has some pretty high expectations to live up to. From what we can tell of the prototype, it's at least readable, and the 22.2 frames per second isn't too bad neither. Now the challenge is seeing how well they manage to stuff this bad boy into one of those minuscule laptops of theirs, and how long it will take for this tech to become available to us lowly consumers.

Filed under: Displays, Laptops

Tags: cm1, dual-mode display, Dual-modeDisplay, lcd, olpc

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Sam @ Sep 12th 2006 12:56PM

It's not intended for lowly consumers. It's intended for poor, ethnic laborers that make our consumer electronics.

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Charles @ Sep 12th 2006 4:26PM

People (like Sam) who make comments about this are just as discriminatory as the people Sam is trying to comment upon. Sam, your comment helps no one, so if you'd rather not be a hypocrite make a useful suggestion. There are children in all kinds of situations who can use this help, it would to be sad to overlook a needy child because someone is jaded and making assumptions. I applaud the work being done by OLPC! I would much rather have technology trickle up, starting with efficiency for those who need it, rather than trickle down from the rich who aren't in need of new technology. This kind of R&D being done by OLPC is leaps and bounds over the corporations who R&D and create bloat through greed and laziness, tying up $$$ and resources by not being efficient. I dream of being able to help the world through efficient tech.

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JC @ Sep 12th 2006 5:13PM

How about some proper grammar in the posts? "Fer realz" is borderline OK if it comes out of a teenage bimbo, but just doesn't lend credibility to a high tech "legitimate" (cough) blog. For real.

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Jingmei @ Sep 12th 2006 5:15PM

Well right now it might be for poor school kids, but how soon will it be before Quanta sells a consumer model for you and I? I know I wanna geek out while I tan to even out my CRT/LCD glow with some real sunlight.

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JS @ May 21st 2008 6:48PM

Sam, eres un pobre ignorante que ni siquiera podrá entender lo que escribo por que no sabe mas que inglés.

Supongo que comiste payaso.

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