LG display Quad HD AH-IPS LCD for smartphones. World`s first.

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LG unveiled its display Quad HD AH-IPS LCD for smartphones. World`s first  2566 x 1440 panel. 

The above picture shows a 5.5-inch panel, giving it a 538ppi. As such, says the display maker, this is both the highest resolution and the highest pixels per inch of any mobile display created thus far.

LG Display says results in “more delicate colors” in addition to better contrast and vividness than smartphones currently offer. All of this culminates in images that are said to be both more crisp and life-like, as well as video quality that is Blu-ray equivalent.

Furthermore, the Quad HD panel is said to provide users with a full view of Web pages that is equivalent to what you get on a PC, no distortion or clipping present. Comparing this with Full HD displays, current users would only get access to about three quarters of the full screen experience, leaving a full quarter to be desired. Obviously, this has benefits for zooming in content.

Text is sharper on the Quad HD than on Full HD (and lower) displays, for example. Such a creation comes at a time when demand for larger screens is increasing in the market. The research firm DisplaySearch estimates that LTPS-based handset displays will hit a record of 765 million units being shipped in 2014, something fueled by desire for not only larger screens, but also higher resolution and lower power consumption.

As far as size goes, the panel is 1.21mm thick, and has a 1.2mm bezel in LCM, also earning it the titles of slimmest and narrowest available. The 5.2-inch Full HD panel that LG released last month, for example, is 12-percent thicker than the Quad HD.

Vice President and Head of LG Display’s IT and Mobile Development Group Dr. Byeong-koo Kim said: “LG Display, which pioneered the high resolution mobile market with introduction of the world’s first Full HD smartphone panel in 2012, again opens new possibilities with the successful application of QHD technology. With this breakthrough, LG Display will continue to raise new standards for mobile resolution and lead the mobile display market.”

Source: slashgear

Germany: World's first electric car hits the road after 130 years. Video.

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The latest in electric-powered cars are being unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show this month but the vehicle that started it all is making a debut of its own in Germany. Engineers at a private museum near the city of Speyer, have recreated a working version of the world's first electric car, originally presented 130 years ago by two Englishmen, William Ayrton and John Perry.  

The BMWi and the Chevy Volt represent the latest in electric-powered vehicle technology, but neither of these cars might exist were it not for the 1881 invention of Englishmen William Ayrton and John Perry...now on the road again in the town of Altlussheim, Germany. Ayrton and Perry's electric-powered vehicle is recognised as the world's first roadworthy car and Horst Schultz, owner of the Autovision car museum has recreated it to celebrate 130 years of automobility. While it's a relatively simple machine, Schultz says replicating it was not easy.

 HORST SCHULTZ, OWNER OF MUSEUM AUTOVISION, SAYING: "It took, overall, around about nine months to finalise this vehicle and the biggest challenge to us was to recreate this after two, only two existing technical drawings." Those drawings gave Schultz and his team an approximate idea of the technology used at the time but, with no surviving model to copy, the work was painstaking It took some guesswork, trial and error, but the finshed vehicle is an impressive example of 19th century engineering. The car is powered by a small electric motor and a bank of 54 volt batteries located beneath the seat - a converted antique baroque table.

The motor drives a chain attached to the front wheels, while steering is controlled by a hand crank connected to the smaller rear wheel. Thrust is produced with gear shifts that trigger additional batteries to switch on. The original vehicle had a range of 50 kilometres but at that point, the batteries ran down...an endurance problem that plagues electric vehicles even today.

 HORST SCHULTZ, OWNER OF MUSEUM AUTOVISION, SAYING: "As far as I can see, the battery is the main problem. The same problem as 130 years ago. The battery contains too less energy to give us the same distance as a petrol car. The battery is too heavy, too large compared with the petrol car." But the world's manufacturers say the technology is improving. Little could Ayrton and Perry have imagined how far their 19th century idea would travel. 

World’s First 16.41MP Sensor For Cell Phones by Sony

If you thought the 13MP sensors you’ve seen lately in some Japanese cell phones were enough, think again. Sony today unveiled the 1/2.8-inch back-illuminated Exmor R IMX081PQ CMOS sensor (pictured on the left), which boasts 16.41MP. Needless to say, it’s the first of its kind.

Sony says the first samples will be shipped to yet to be named makers in January next year, costing $30.30.

Look at the comparison shots below to see what the new sensor will mean for us consumers when we get phones with the sensor built in sometime next year:

Sony also announced a 1/3.2-inch sensor with 8.13MP, the IMX105PQ, which will be made available in April 2011 for $18.18. This model is much smaller (height: 5.67mm) and shown on the right in the picture on top of this post.