Research Plans For TV To Graduate To QD

A group of English scientists working at Manchester University (England) are claiming to have developed a new viewing technology that could see full-sized screens being folded and carried in pockets, with the microscopic ‘QD TV’ suggested by industry experts to be a potential challenger or even replacement for current screen standard-bearer LCD (liquid crystal display).

Producers (the scientists working under the name of their own company ‘Nanoco’) claim that the technology could be used on ‘ultra-thin TV screens’, as their statistics report that the individual light-emitting QD (quantum dot) crystals are 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, with large numbers of them planned to be used together to potentially create ‘room-sized’ screens on wallpapers.

Plans are already said to be in place for the technology to be implemented on thinner (and higher colour-quality) flat-screen TV sets released next year, with further applications, such as paper-sized ‘flexible models’ at least three years down the line. Other proposals for QD are thought to include household decorations, such as curtains, with the ability to make rooms more customisable.

Nanoco chief executive Michael Edelman announced the current situation for his company, saying: “We are working with some major Asian electronics companies. The first products we are expecting to come to market using quantum dots will be the next generation of flat-screen TVs. The real advantage provided by quantum dots, however, is that they can be printed on to a plastic sheet that can rolled up. It’s likely these will be small personal devices.

He continued on the further applications of quantum dot technology, stating: “Something else we are looking at is reels of wallpaper or curtains made out of a material that has quantum dots printed on it. You can imagine displaying scenes of the sun rising over a beach as you wake up in the morning.”

While the technology opens itself up to a wide number of portable viewing (and interior designing) possibilities, will QD be able to work with or enhance current methods of viewing (such as HD, 3D, and ‘smart’ devices) and become a literal part of a viewer’s furniture? And is the new-found approach several crucial steps closer to realising Samsung’s vision of future technology?

Crazy Matt Cazzy into all things hi-tech, gizmos and gadgets. If its just out, i want it. Loves watching tv on every device ever invented that can handle it

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