Nanopixel displays with 150 times higher resolution – and they’re flexible, too

[dlf]

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/186056-nanopixel-displays-with-150-times-higher-resolution-and-theyre-flexible-too

 

 

Researchers in England have created nanopixels that measure just 300-by-300 nanometers. Compare this to a modern smartphone with a 400 ppi display, where each pixel is about 150 times larger (about 50 microns across). Furthermore, the prototype nanopixel displays are low-power and thin and flexible. Ultimately, these nanopixels could be used in extremely high-resolution displays with billions of pixels — though it might be rather hard to find a graphics card that can drive a 198000×120000 display*, of course.

 

* - That's about 23 BILLION pixies, how giant a resolution that is!. And is this a duplicate?

[Mitrailleuse]

yay useless technological step.

[Guest Kloaked]

[BobbyG2]

Chop, chop, AMD and nVidia. You got work to do.

[kuzimins]

What is that? A screen for ants?

[Xorbot]

yay useless technological step.

 

I will NEVER be satisfied!  The pixels SUSTAIN my NOURISHMENT!!

[dlf]

That's what? 1024k? 2048k? The monitor companies have work too do as well, not just AMD & Nvidia.

[BobbyG2]

This might be good for devices like the oculus rift, where your eyes are like an inch from the screen. But as far as monitors go, I don't think anything past 8k on a 30" monitor a couple feet I'm front of you will be too noticeable.

[AlexGoesHigh]

That's what? 1024k? 2048k? The monitor companies have work too do as well, not just AMD & Nvidia.

more like 198k

[dlf]

more like 198k

 Imagine the UI of some OS (any) running at that! Screens for atoms!

[sof006]

The image is so sharp and crystal clear that it burns your eyes out of your eye sockets along with your retinas... lol

[Entropy]

192k display when the top-end GPUs can barely push modern games @4kUncompressedPorn.

 

Maybe we'll see something crazy happen on that end soon, but I doubt it.

[RexinOridle]

Very useful for Electronic View Finders

[LAwLz]

The only point in this that I can see would be like @BobbyG2 and @RexinOridle said.

Head mounted displays (where you need over 1000 PPI for "retina display" quality) and electronic view finders (again, very close to your face and more accurate representation of the image since you don't have to downscale as much).

 

Affordable 24" desktop monitors with 4K resolution on the desktop when?

[Socky]

OMG YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS GURL

[theABCshop]

Man, there's a lot of content available in 198k out now. 

[totjup5]

Can't wait to put this on my mile wide tv

[DecThePixter]

To all the people who think more pixels can be useless: imagine a device the size of the end of your thumb that you can put over your eye and BAM: Personal theater with a screen that looks like it's 40ft. away and still has at least a 4k (It in fact could be much more.) resolution. Or, since this technology is flexible, imagine home-theater contact lenses.