Apple's New Monitor Sees All...

Posted Apr 26, 2006 at 5:29AM EST by QJ Staff

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Apple has taken out a patent on a new type monitor that combines display functions with those of a camera.

Thousands of microscopic sensors are placed between liquid crystal display cells in the screen. Like an insect's eye, each sensor receives its own small, individual image. Essentially, there will be one sensor for each LCC. By giving individual cells different focal lengths, the device could have a zoom function as well. These images would be combined into a single large image with software code.

This invention has great implications for videoconferencing. By adding PDA and cell phone functions, the need for several different devices will be eliminated.

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# Patents Patents... always needing more of them — cubiCPixel 2006-04-26 08:36

Great innovation from a mac & PC users point of view. keep it up

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# I don't believe it, therm. optic camoflage... — Guest 2006-04-26 20:29

This really gets me thinking about those optical camoflage things you see in fiction.. Like Ghost in the Shell and Metal Gear Solid.

If you could put this technology into a cloak, it could create a "mirror" effect, and make virtual "invisibility atainable

exciting!!!

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