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Rocket Fuel Speeds Transistors

Posted by michael on from the firey-performance dept.

Mick Ohrberg writes "The rocket fuel hydrazine has been proven to increase the speed of thin-film transistors, which are used in LCD displays. It's also much cheaper to produce these transistors in a new "wet" manufacturing technique, based on creating the thin layers by using the centrifugal force caused by spinning the substrate. The result? Well, if the manufacturing cost plummets, maybe that 42" LCD monitor for my PC will be within (financial) reach soon."

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  1. Sounds great... by Randolpho · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... until your monitor launches into orbit.

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  2. This is hot! by jbarr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I can tell people that my LCD really smokes!

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  3. I suppose... by DiscoSnorlax · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that these will give a new meaning to the term "Blazingly Fast!"?

  4. LCD tech is rocket science now? by Jtheletter · · Score: 5, Funny

    So for those who rtf, what I want to know is at what point did David Mitzi say to himself, "Geez, if only I could dissolve this tin disulphide in something really caustic. Like gasoline, only waaaay stronger... Hmmm, Mary could you bring me some of that hydrazine we have laying around? I think it's behind my lunch in the minifridge..." ??

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  5. No surprise here by astroboscope · · Score: 2, Funny
    The rocket fuel hydrazine has been proven to increase the speed of thin-film transistors

    So? Rocket fuel can increase the speed of lots of things..you just have to put them in the payload ;-)

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  6. Sniffing LCD panel by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then kids start sniffing LCD panels instead of sniffing solvents. In the other news, FDA now classifies LCD panels as controlled substance...

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