Seeing the Light- The display screens of tomorrow may be no thicker than a piece of paper and brighter than any laptop screen

摘要

As microprocessors, hard drives and memory chips have raced along over the past decade, the means to display their data has crept slowly forward. That may be about to change, thanks to the biggest breakthrough in the visual display of words and pictures since the invention of television―a new technology that promises a world where information is portable, cheap and stunningly vivid. Just around the corner are roll-up screens that tuck into a pocket. A weapons inspector in Iraq could unfurl a map of his surroundings, fed with color-coded hints of nasty stashes and real-time satellite images. Stateside, such displays will make it easy to surf the Web or watch TV any place, any time, without having to lug a laptop.