You know those Pixel Qi displays we’ve been talking about for the last few days? It turns out there’s a major advantage to these screens besides the ability to flip over to ePaper mode and read them outdoors. They also use far less energy. According to Time Magazine, that hacked Acer Aspire One netbook that […]
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Pixel Qi to sample first low power, daylight readable screens this spring
Pixel Qi is working on new screens for laptop and mobile devices that are unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. They’ll consume as much as 5 times less power than an average LCD, which will greatly improve battery life. But more significantly, they’ll have two modes: a black and white epaper mode and a fully […]
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OLPC designer working on 20-40 hour laptops
There are two ways to make a laptop run longer on a single battery charge. You can give it a bigger battery, or you can reduce the amount of power it uses. Netbook makers have taken both approaches, by using low power processors and solid state disks and cramming 4 annd 6 cell batteries with […]