OLPC laptop project to help make LCDs more competitive with E Ink?

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By David Rothman

Bill Janssen at Xerox’s PARC has dug up a gem about the One Laptop Per Child project–info on technology that could make LCDs more competitive with E Ink. From $100 Laptop News:

The LEDs that will be used in the display backlight have started lifetime testing in a 8-hour-on, 8-hour-off testing regime. The contrast ratio on the transmissive mode has been raised from 50:1 to 85:1 with a target of 100:1. The bright-state-reflectance requirement has been raised to 30%, which rivals the best e-paper displays on the market today and approaches the readability of newspaper.

Related: OLPC wiki and plans for RFP for content for OLPC and opinions on Wiki for reading e-books.

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