Qualcomm MEMS mirasol reflective light screen demonstration

http://www.tweaktown.com Today we hooked up with the Taiwan PR people for Qualcomm in Taipei and got a look an upcoming prototype device from Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, that uses its impressive direct-view MEMS display mirasol display technology for mobile devices.

Qualcomm says that the technology inspiration is learned from natures own butterfly wings. They say that, the complex structure on butterfly winds can reflect light so that specific wavelengths interfere with each other to generate the purest and most vibrant color in the natural world. This is set to be the basic description of Qualcomms mirasol display. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Science & Technology

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• Qualcomm
• Nicole Scott
• Taipei
• MEMS
• mirasol
• reflective light
• display
• butterfly light
• TweakTown
• Tweak Town

[ManiacKomplex]

the dumbass chick in the vid should be angling the screen TOWARDS the sun, instead of away from it like she does in the video. you would see the screen much better since the technology is reflective. it one of the selling points to the ereader devs, since ereaders need to be readeable in direct sunlight.

[diokdin]

oooohhhh....lurv! This looks great! I want one....

[dakiro222]

a tablet with this screen, charge only once a week?

[looping1990]

Great

[AceOfSpades678]

I wonder, anyone think its plausible to tweak the "pixel" mirrors so that they're made out of extremely small solar cells? Some solar cells can be quite reflective... like a mirror almost. If that can be done, maybe it can be a self-sustaining e-reader that looks backlit. Dunno, maybe?

[DSMeTailer]

@boomshak 100Ghz CPU? Wouldn't that get hot enough to melt your face off from across the room?

[bozomal]

@magiczazy LCD has only one color in sunlight: black.

[KlimovArtem1]

I WANNA BUY IT!!!

[magiczazy]

@agsn19 around 45.000 colors. Not comparable to LCD displays but still impressive for such technology

[agsn19]

whats the color depth 512 colors?