Viewing Displays

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Information Displays

So what does this cover then?

If we are ignoring the physical types of display for the time being, displaying information is one of the main reasons opting to have one on your system. The information displayed in this classification is normally streaming in real time, up to the minute or even up to the second kinda stuff.

Entertainment Displays

Displays for entertainment can also contain information, but the entertainment side is most relevant, it is the purpose and reason for its being there.

Types of Displays

So what different types of displays are there then?

Oh all sorts, analogue split-flap boards, Light Emitting Diode (LED) display boards,

dot matrix, seven segment, LCD flat screens, Plasma flat screens. As technology evolves more and more new and (at the moment) seemingly impossible types of display will move to the fore front and become common place. In most peoples opinion (including mine), the most amazing and dramatic colour displays can be seen in nature, engineers are more & more looking to nature and biologists nowadays for inspiration.

Cephalopods, generally regarded as the most intelligent of the invertebrates, are by far the most versatile and can change colour in as little as a quarter of a second.  The majority of animals, sea life and insects on our planet communicate through various forms of audible and non-audible acoustical signals, body posturing and body movement language. Cephalopods have surpassed other animals in terms of developing a form of skin “display” that they can use to communicate specific messages. That's without even mentioning of course, their camouflage abilities, which are nothing but are legendary.

Cuttlefish, Squid and octopus have evolved over millions of years to produce elaborate skin displays, with a superior performance in many ways that still leaves today’s leading display technologies behind. By studying the bio-mechanisms by which these creatures rapidly and efficiently change their patterning and coloration (using only ambient light) can offer organic inspired routes to continually improving our display technologies.

Today one of the technologies at the fore front is Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED). Manufacturing Processes are crossing frontiers all the time, screens can now be made almost any size and shape. The organic chemical compounds used in OLED display manufacturing require careful appreciation, characterization, and analysis. When they are paired with the right manufacturing processes, impressive results can be achieved.

Just imagine for a moment, an electronic display just about as transparent as glass, or a fabric that can light a room, or even a new breed of smartphone that doubles in size stretching and bending like rubber. I have heard of a recent demonstration of intrinsically elastomeric light emitting devices which may well suggest that such examples may soon become a reality.