Topic
Display screens
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Smarter lenses
Newly launched mobile eye-test device could lead to prescription virtual-reality screens.
October 19, 2015 -
Faculty highlight: Vladimir Bulovic
MIT's associate dean for innovation is inventing at the nanoscale.
February 26, 2015 -
Tackling the “Achilles’ heel” of OLED displays
Inkjet-printing system could enable mass-production of large-screen and flexible OLED displays.
February 12, 2015 -
Running the color gamut
MIT spinout’s quantum-dot technology makes LCD TVs more colorful, energy-efficient.
November 19, 2014 -
Vision-correcting displays
Technology could lead to e-readers, smartphones, and displays that let users dispense with glasses.
July 31, 2014 -
Glasses-free 3-D projector
New design could also make conventional 2-D video higher in resolution and contrast.
May 16, 2014 -
Seeing things: A new transparent display system could provide heads-up data
New kind of see-through screen could be applied as a thin plastic coating on ordinary glass.
January 21, 2014 -
Cheap, color, holographic video
A practical new approach to holographic video could also enable 2-D displays with higher resolution and lower power consumption.
June 19, 2013 -
Fine-tuning emissions from quantum dots
New MIT analysis should enable development of improved color displays and biomedical monitoring systems.
June 2, 2013 -
MIT researchers improve quantum-dot performance
New production method could enable everything from more efficient computer displays to enhanced biomedical testing.
February 3, 2013 -
Chips that can steer light
Record-setting ‘optical phased arrays’ could lead to better laser rangefinders, smaller medical-imaging devices and even holographic TVs.
January 9, 2013 -
Glasses-free 3-D TV looks nearer
A new method for producing multiple-perspective 3-D images could prove more practical in the short term than holography.
July 12, 2012 -
TV outside the box
Using ordinary cell phones, a Media Lab system would let television programs spill off the TV screen and into the living room.
April 9, 2010