The most advanced weather radar on the market, for example, lets pilots page through screens showing ever-changing maps of what's ahead--rain, approaching thunderstorms, turbulence, wind-shear threats--all color-coded on flat liquid crystal displays.
The last century has seen only a few major display innovations, among them the move from black-and-white monitors to color and the introduction of flat, liquid crystal displays to replace cathode ray tubes.
In his 50-year career, Ovshinsky received more than 400 patents in the U.S. and more than 800 foreign patents covering a range of technologies, including nickel-metal hydride batteries, rewritable CDs, DVD optical discs, flat-screen liquid crystal displays, hydrogen fuel cells, thin-film solar cells and others.
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This time it is the impossibly thin, flat glass used to make liquid crystal displays.
The Osaka-based maker of flat-screen TVs, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels and the Aquos brand of consumer electronics, is negotiating a tie-up with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, owned by Foxconn Technology Group.
Expect bright sneakers, studded totes and flat-flap clutches embellished with Swarovski crystal.
But what makes Double Cross Vodka really special as a gift is its super-cool bottle, unlike any other spirit container, flat and rectangular, made from high-end French crystal, laser engraved with traditional Slovakian poetry on the back and the Double Cross logo on the front, and topped with a polished metal snap-on rectangular cap.
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For a flat fee of 130 Argentinean pesos, tour-goers receive an Italian crystal wine glass along with a map indicating each stop on the circuit.
The flat panel displays, which make kaleidoscopic colors when jabbed with a finger, contain liquid crystal sandwiched between layers of glass or plastic which becomes opaque with an electric current.
Some of the highlights included the largest PDP (plasma display panel) screen yet, new models of LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors from many companies, and demonstrations of a new and very promising flat panel display technology that can make screens even thinner than they are today.
It is uniquely flat and rectangular, unlike virtually any spirit container on the market, made from high-end French crystal, laser engraved with traditional Slovakian poetry on the back and the Double Cross logo on the front, and topped with a polished metal snap-on lid.
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