>If you are technology dreamer, I can assure that you will wake up spontaneous when I say that this is not only dream, but this is an an improvement process of making battery of laptop and netbook which can standby for 40 hours. This is what is being done by Mary Lou Jepsen Intel‘s display division and chief technology officer at One Laptop Per Child. There are some considerations that bring Jepsen taking this development. On of the reason is the minimizing of power that used by hardware of PC always done, meanwhile there is any significant improvement to laptop battery.
Jepsen plan to ship an screen that save of power on the second half of 2009 (July). This screen has two advantages, high quality and also can increase battery life. This screen can directly red in sunlight and also included with HDTV-quality color mode. Certainly we well known in current time most of PC screen need extra power in an usage.
One of PC and laptop which will be supplicated by the most efficient screen is Pixel Qi. the screen that will be used and being in the development is e-paper that can provides color and video. Based on Jepsen statement, he ans some e-book maker make a deal to develop a screen that can increase the battery life until 5-10 times. It also means that a e-book owner can use their e-book for 20-40 hours and avoid battery recharging frequently.
source: softpedia.com