There are lots of new Flat Screen technologies out there, but Motorola's Nano Emissive Flat Screen Technology is interesting for 2 reasons: 1) it's using nano technology and 2) it's cheap! The article highlights that Motorola's nano emissive display technology could enable the manufacture of 40" HD flat screen TV's less that 1" thick that are comparable to plasmas for only $400. That's about 1/10th of current pricing without sacrificing any of the picture quality or performance. I don't fully understand the technology and there’s a big difference between building a tiny panel in the lab and mass production (as Intel would be happy to not be reminded of), but the possibilities are cool. Motorola is positioned to release more details towards the end of the month at the Society for Information Display International Symposium
On another note, while in business school I met with Jim O’Connor, VP of Motorola technology incubation and commercialization, to discuss Motorola's technology incubation strategy and I was a finalist for a position in his group. It didn't work out, and Motorola has continued to struggle with performance, but they have some really cool next generation technology under development. Check out the Motorola Labs website for a description of some of their research programs.
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