Pixel Qi Corporation is an American

United States

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 company involved in the research of low-power computer display technology, based in San Bruno, California

San Bruno, California

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. It was founded by Mary Lou Jepsen

Mary Lou Jepsen

Mary Lou Jepsen is founder and CEO of Pixel Qi, a manufacturer of low-cost, low-power LCD screens for laptops. She was the first chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child .- Early life and education :...

, who was previously the chief technical officer

Chief technical officer

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 (CTO) of the One Laptop per Child project.

The company designs liquid crystal display

Liquid crystal display

A liquid crystal display is a flat panel display, electronic visual display, or video display that uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals . LCs do not emit light directly....

s (LCDs) that can be largely manufactured using the existing manufacturing processes & infrastructure for conventional LCDs.
The advantage of the Pixel Qi displays over the conventional LCDs is mainly that it can be set to operate under transflective mode (thus needs lower backlight than normal LCDs) and reflective mode (requires only ambient light)--for eye-comfort, power-saving, and visibility under bright ambient light.

The technology was expected to show up in E-book

E-book

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 readers and other devices in 2010.

• The first commercial device to use the Pixel Qi display, ARM
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  -based Adam tablet
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   by Notion Ink
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  , was released mid-January 2011.
• A tablet
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   is also planned by Innoversal, named Lattice.
• Clover Systems launches Pixel Qi-equipped netbook, named SunBook.

Compatible laptops

A list of laptops known to accommodate the DIY 10.1" Pixel Qi screen

1. Lenovo S10-2
2. Acer Aspire One
3. Samsung NB30, N130, N220, NF210
4. Notion Ink (Tablet)
5. Notion Ink (Tablet PC)

Incompatible laptops

A list of incompatible laptops and the reason

1. Lenovo S10-3 - screen too big and pin connector in wrong position.
2. ASUS Eee PC 1000HE - wrong connector in the wrong position