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there isn't a whole lot in the tech world that screams cool quite like a transparent display whether we're talking robert downey jr x' warnings about his imminent destruction in his Iron Man suit mask the rebel base on Hoth or Tom Cruise whipping through evidence in Minority Report there's been no shortage of sci-fi writers and dreamers who love the idea of working on a clear screen so like anything in Star Trek they're a reality now but how do they wake well the underlying technology that makes clear screens possible has actually been around for quite some time any flat panel LCD display features a layer of pixels the supporting color filters and the electronics required to power them and it's all see-through or you'd never see the backlight through it in fact transparent LCDs were notably shown off by Samsung in its smart window which works like a regular window in your home but can display the weather email travel information and other useful stuff and can even act as a digital venetian blind when you want to darken the room but this concept only works because the Sun provides backlighting during the day at night it needs to be lit from an artificial source powered by a solar battery or something that is why transparent screens made from old LEDs are where a lot of the current excitement is because the diodes themselves generate their own light from an electric current due to their chemistry so they don't need to be attached to a bulky backlight which not only means you can use them in dark environments but they can also be made super thin and flexible perfect for a transparent display Oh LEDs can even be screen printed onto a plastic base or late as a thin film making it a super versatile technology well Linus you say it's super versatile so but what can we actually use this stuff for well how about heads-up displays or HUDs in both aircraft and cars the current solutions use projectors with poor viewing angles a transparent display HUD could not only provide much better image quality but make important information like speed and remaining fuel viewable no matter where the pilot or drivers looking and even use augmented reality to overlay the names of streets or landmarks onto a windshield or even help with safety information like overlaying the view from a blind spot camera or what about this imagine if you had a transparent smartphone display that could work on both sides Fujitsu has been working on just that thing allowing users to grip an on screen object from both sides of the phone and speaking of smart phones researchers at Corning had developed a way to embed tiny sensors right in the surface of a glass display that can keep tabs on things like health information or the ambient temperature without the need for additional hardware and there are plenty of ways for transparent screens to enhance your shopping experience this is one of the big ones that the manufacturers are pushing for so one example here is for an iPad a pair of Nikes or whatever else is on sale to be kept inside a glass display that doubles as a clear screen displaying pricing information product features and other interactive elements a shopper can use while still being able to look at the product itself and as a security device and if you're not in the market for expensive sneakers we should be seeing this technology find its way into much more affordable options like vending machines to tell you how many calories are in that bag of chips that your eye over there there are a few kinks to be worked out like increasing the lifespan of OLED and improving on the current 70% or so transparency of the showcase technology that exists today so it doesn't look like you're looking at whatever it is through a dirty window but when that happens I mean man the sky's the limit I'm not much of a fashionista but there's going to be some fantastic wearable technology when this stuff hits the mainstream and what would make you look great with your wearable technology a clean shave Dollar Shave Club is the source for high-quality razors and other bathroom supplies and you don't even have to go in and get them they actually are the source and the delivery mechanism it just shows up at your door every month you can get razors dr. 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