[BC] LCD display

[Mike McCarthy]

This came across my desk from the IEEE. Anyone heard about this new type 
of LCD screen?

Quantum Dots Are Behind New Displays
Liquid crystal displays dominate today's big, bright world of color TVs. 
But they're inefficient and don't produce the vibrant, richly hued 
images of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens, which are 
expensive to make in large sizes. Now, a handful of start-up companies 
aim to improve the LCD by adding quantum dots, the light-emitting 
semiconductor nanocrystals that shine pure colors when excited by 
electric current or light. When integrated into the back of LCD panels, 
the quantum dots promise to cut power consumption in half while 
generating 50 percent more colors. Quantum-dot developer Nanosys says an 
LCD film it developed with 3M is now being tested, and a 17-inch 
notebook incorporating the technology should be on shelves by year's end.