Engineers Create World's First Transparent Transistor

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 25, 2003 @06:11AM from the next-up-is-the-clear-motherboard dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Engineers at Oregon State University have created the world's first transparent transistor, a see-through electronics component that could open the door to many new products. The discovery "is a significant development in the context of transparent electronics," the scientists said in their publication, but pointed out it's too early to tell what applications may evolve. "There's no doubt it will open the door to some interesting new products and businesses, but we're not sure what all they might be." From Science Blog."

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Night vision glasses by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-25 16:55 · Score: 1, Interesting

This seems like a less bulky way of doing night vision. Maybe the electronics could now fit on a light pair of glasses? They would only need to be able to detect optical/infrared and then amplify it up to a (tunable) threshold. Maybe a little extra processing for false color or something to turn night into day.
Is there any reason the transistors would need to run at a faster clock than 80Hz?