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LG Phillips Patents Oil and Water Display

Posted by kdawson on from the mixing-it-up dept.

jordanhh writes "Tech.co.uk reports that LG Phillips has filed a patent for a new type of thin, flexible display. 'The pixels are made from tiny plastic cells filled with minute amounts of oil and water. The oil floats on the surface of the water and shrouds the colored surface underneath it. When electricity is applied across the cell, the oil moves aside, changing the color of the pixel.'"

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  1. Cue the Slashbots by Evilest+Doer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now, cue the slashbots, all of whom will be saying "Haw! Haw! They patented oil and water???!!! So now they are going to sue every city that has oil slicks after a light rain? Patents suck! Information wants to be free! Buy a beowulf cluster of Macs that run Linux that only old people in Korea will use! In Soviet Russia, oil and water patents YOU! Profit! I for one, welcome our new oil and water overlords. Profit!"

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