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...Austrian botanist, and named a year later by Otto Lehman, a German physicist. Since then, they have taken a leisurely route to our homes. The first prototype display emerged from RCA's Sarnoff Research Center in 1968. Two years later, Optel began producing the first watches with an LCD. I first got a computer with an LCD (an Apple Portable) 15 years ago. The road from discovery to mass market took about 116 years...
Steven G. Catalano, HUPD spokesperson, said there was one distinct string of incidents which explain part of the increase—a group of individuals stole approximately 26 LCD projectors—but said he cannot pinpoint the reason for the broader trend...
...last time there was an election, it threw us all into a tizzy." Even with a recently lackluster market, people still seem to be willing to pamper themselves with premium products and services--whether that means buying a $290 face cream in New York City or a $9,000 LCD TV in Tokyo. Luxury now enters every room in the house: LauraStar, a global ironing-supply company, sells an ironing system for $999, above. The better to smooth out those proverbial wrinkles in the bank statement. --Kate Betts
...places where luxury spenders splurge, from mobile phones to giant flat-screen televisions. Mobile-phone makers are introducing luxury models, such as the $19,450 platinum Vertu, in order to increase sales. And in Japan, because of the change to digital signals there, sales of big-screen LCD TVs have jumped 62%, prompting companies like Sharp to release the $9,000 45-in. LCD Aquos...
...control every aspect of the parts design and don't have to buy other companies' off-the-shelf components," Ishizuka says, "you can integrate the whole package much more tightly and elegantly and often at lower cost." The camera features an impressive 5.1megapixel resolution and a 2.5in. LCD screen packed into an amazingly small body...