Retinal-Scanning Screen Prototypes

Troed writes: "Microvision demonstrated a prototype display that uses three leds and a mirror to display SVGA graphics from something small enough to be put into cellphones." Not a lot of technical details, but what's there looks good. It'll be a few years at best before the prototypes turn into real products, and I'm not quite sure I want to beta test this one, but I sure can't wait for when they are ready for prime time.

Comments

Re:Oooh, more health warnings.

[Aexia]

>>Not until someone actually DOES and sues the manufacturer for millions of dollars. Remember McDonalds and the lawsuit that required them to put "Warning! Coffee is extremely hot! Drink with caution!" on their coffee cups?

Do you remember that the woman got third degree burns, needed skin grafts, spent a couple weeks in intensive care and offered to settle for ~$20K in hospital fees?

Do you remember that McDonald's rebuffed that offer?

Do you remember McDonald's having received hundreds of complaints in the past about the coffee temperature?

Do you remember that after losing the trial, McDonald's lowered the coffee temperature to something consumable by human beings?

Or do you only remember how the media characterized the case?

Re:Laser light / Normal light

[WolfWithoutAClause]

> Any kind of light ultimately damages the eye.

As far as I can tell, that's not actually correct. UV and the bluer light frequencies cause damage, but provided the intensity isn't too high the lower frequencies cause no known damage.

In this case there is no reason the intensity would be sufficient to cause any damage.