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HP Introduces New Technology to Save Mobile Battery Life

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the batmax-beware dept.

fenimor writes "HP researchers have developed new technology to save battery life on mobile devices. Targeting one of the main culprits of battery consumption -- the display -- they've developed an energy-aware solution that dims parts of the screen that aren't in use. Display battery life lasts from two to 11 times longer, depending on what the user is doing."

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  1. Creative Displays by null+etc. · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to be the developer that codes the algorithm for dimming the unimportant parts of pr0n images. I'd need plenty of research images, of course.

  2. Meh.. by Staplerh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Meh, I can buy a sticker that promises to do most of this, and all for a few small payments. Heck, it was even covered on Slashdot so it has to be true!

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  3. savings? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now if they can just figure out how to stop the laptop from burning my privates when i compute naked.

    1. Re:savings? by clutch110 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why are you mixing the military, nudity and computers anyway? Don't you get court martialed for that?

    2. Re:savings? by displaced80 · · Score: 3, Funny


      ...when i compute naked

      ... to how many digits?

      :-)

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  4. Unimportant pixels by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    worked with Ranganathan to develop software that monitors a PDA's screen when it is in use and automatically dims the unimportant pixels.

    Occasionally I get devices from companies that have proactively singled out these unimportant pixels.

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  5. Its great! I am using it right now! by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is incredible... but I can only see what I am typing... and my mouse cursor sometimes.

    This is my blog I am posting to right? Must be... Cant tell though...

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  6. Re:HP innovation! by BWJones · · Score: 2, Funny

    And yet you pull out an insightful reply, while beating everyone else to FP?

    I'm cool like that. :-)

    Well... the slashdot world needs more people like you. Right on.

    Thank you.

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  7. Re:Self Defeating by mrchaotica · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or they're using IE and some website has set their window to be fullscreen for them, which is the more common scenario in my experience.

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  8. Seriously... by paithuk · · Score: 2, Funny
    Or, rather than relying on the display, an LED light could blink to communicate the arrival of an email.
    Are they having a laugh?
  9. Re:After reading TFA... by crummynz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or is it...sentient? :P

    Yup. The irony is, the CPU time it takes to keep this artificial intelligence running nullifies the effect of dimming pixels you aren't reading :/

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  10. I worry about burn-in... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 4, Funny

    When there are two boob-shaped areas of my screen that appear to be burned in more than the rest of my screen, then people will know about my, ahem, viewing habits.

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  11. Old news by pointyhairedmba · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've had this so called "technology" since Windows 3.0. My computer would blue out the whole screen to save energy.

  12. Re:Self Defeating by rainman_bc · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm a linux user running in 1280x1024 on the cheapest LCD flat panel I could find... what does that say about me?

    It says you're a Linux user on the cheapest LCD flat panel you could find. Duh!

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