How would you like to view it?

If you still haven't switched to a flat panel LCD monitor, you are still in the paleolithic age in display technology. Sony is preparing an e-book reader, the Librie which will be as light (or heavy?) as a paperback and will feel just the same. At our very own Arizona State University, the Army has invested $43.7 million to create the Army Flexibile Display Center which will create a new generation of flexible displays that you may even roll up or fold. (or maybe even create the new style in punk - t-shirts with flexible displays! ok, let me not get carried away).

What about the good ol' OLEDs that we have been promised for quite some time? Creating large displays has been a problem, but pretty soon, we'll have our giant OLED telly screens that will consume a tiny amount of power. Motorola has been creating carbon nanotube displays that will work like CRTs without the bulky electron gun. Instead of shooting electrons from the gun, the carbon nanotubes will carry the electrons to the emissive display.

The most interesting project is by Prof. Susumu Tachi at the University of Tokyo. His optical camouflage project aims to create the ultimate fantasy - an invisibility cloak! He has been able to create the illusion of translucency, but pretty soon, he might actually achieve full transparency!.Imagine the possibilities!