New Invisible Television - Panasonic

There's not been a whole lot to get excited about in the world of televisions, after the arrival of flat screen TVs. It is just a big slab of glass, after all. 

Panasonic just took a step further and unveiled a fascinating innovation in the world of flat screen TVs. A new prototype from Panasonic that's just been shown off at the CEATEC electronics expo in Japan this week. When switched on, it's just like a normal TV. When switched off, it's as transparent as glass, meaning you can see the wall or shelving behind. This is the "future of display screens".

According to Mat Smith at Engadget, the screen is made from a fine mesh embedded in a glass panel.

TV performs the double duty glass pane of the cabinet. You can slide the panel and get to the shelves behind it too. It is just like the an ordinary glass slab displaying the items on the shelves but serving an extra-ordinary purpose as well.

Look at the video below, you will be intrigued by ingenious concept.

Coming to the screen of the TV, The most important thing about the screen is that it uses the latest OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology, where each pixel lights itself (rather than being lit from behind).Traditionally, to make a slab look transparent a thin layer of plastic is put in the OLED panels between two electrodes on top of a glass slab.

The bonus of employing the OLED technology is that it requires very little power, which is why panels like this can be so thin. Eventually, tech firms are hoping to develop flexible OLED screens that you can bend or even roll away.

You may have already aware of this technology which was exhibited by Panasonic at CES in Las Vegas earlier in the year, but this time the company's engineers say the latest version of their invisible television looks even more transparent when switched off, and brighter when switched on.

Unfortunately, despite the progress they're making, it looks like it won't be ready to buy for another three years or so, according to company representatives.But that might actually be a good thing because this technology gonna cost a fortune- it'll give us some time to save up for it.

Source: ScienceAlert