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...Gruber, Grier and company have long since replaced the plastic with a liquid-crystal device, which they build into a small, box-shaped machine that you could call a cell catcher. Arryx has dubbed it CellRyx. Where BioRyx is useful "for anyone with a need to have hands in the microscopic world," notes Grier, CellRyx is specifically for sorting cells. A blood-equipment company, Gruber says, will soon purchase a CellRyx that will remove platelets from donated blood. The platelets, which induce clotting, would then be given to hemophiliacs. The same blood machine could remove bacterial cells, or could extract...
When the Swarovski crystal company asked ultramodern furniture designer Ron Arad to create a chandelier last year, he promptly declined, saying, "Crystal is the epitome of kitsch. It is not my planet." This year he changed his mind and created Lolita, the first text-messaging chandelier. Made of 2,100 crystals and 1,050 white LEDs, the 5-ft. spiral displays SMS messages sent by any phone. Of course, you'd need Lolita's number...
...Three years later, Gale's living room is still dominated by an old picture-tube clunker. He routinely stops in Best Buy and Circuit City stores to compare prices, but the model he craves, a 45-in. (114-cm) cutting-edge liquid-crystal display (LCD) TV, has a $7,000 price tag?twice what Gale is willing to spend. "These things are still prohibitively expensive," Gale laments...
...True liquid-crystal display is basically a larger version of the pixel-based technology used in computer monitors. PRO: Each new generation of LCDs looks sharper and costs less. CON: Problems with contrast and a slow refresh rate mean that for now, it's hard to make large-screen LCD TVs. HOT BRAND: Sharp...
...LCOS Liquid Crystal On Silicon projects directly onto the screen with no mirrors. PRO: High contrast and high resolution. CON: There aren't many LCOS sets yet. Philips has discontinued its models. HOT BRAND...