March 27, 2005
Sunglasses let you watch TV while avoiding UV
Last year, engineers at electronics firm MicroEmissive Displays (MED) produced a TV screen less than half the size of a stamp, reports The Scotsman. Now they hope telecommunication giants will use the technology to create mobile phones which will enable users to watch televised sporting events and music videos with the same clarity they would achieve on their home TV sets.
"A display can be fitted into a pair of glasses or sunglasses so it is next to the eye and will appear a viewable size," comments Dr Ian Underwood, co-founder of MED.
"With mobile phones taking on more and more uses with features like streaming TV broadcasts, a wearable display is very attractive. A normal mobile phone display is too small to watch rugby or sport on, but with an MED in a set of glasses it gives a bigger picture."
Consumer experts believe the biggest market for the miniature screens will come from creating new wearable displays for mobile phones.
Professor Luiz Moutinho, at Glasgow University, said the MED could help the mobile phone to replace many other electronic products.
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