I love the idea behind it, and understand that the solution shown—which is more of an artistic installation rather than a real alternative for screens—is meant to serve as a conversation starter. How about, in the next step, developing an app based on this idea that uses the light sensor typically integrated in screens in combination with the local time of day and the respective sunrises and sunsets to regulate screen brightness? I’d be interested in how many users would engage in this experiment.
"a computer screen that works in front of a window or on a sunny day instead of using the embedded electric light. A desktop screen that is resistant to function at night times. [...] The screen’s light source is now the environmental light or daylight."<p>Ah, a gameboy! Why didn't you say! This brings back memories
Things such as this make me miss the transflective display on my Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4110 and wish that there were computers available with such a display now (which weren't intended, and priced, for military and maritime usage).<p>It really is nice to have a screen which works in full, bright, direct sunlight with no need to fuss with angles or seek shade.<p>Interestingly, Lenovo recently announced a prototype laptop with transparent display:<p><a href="https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops/news/lenovo-transparent-laptop-design-leak-mwc-2024-unveil-report-5024678" rel="nofollow">https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops/news/lenovo-transparent-l...</a><p>which I think has a lot of potential:<p>- it would be amazing for repair work<p>- similarly for instruction --- hold up the device to compare the current state with what the screen displays<p>and I'm surprised that they didn't try pairing this with some sort of multiple display setup such as on the Yoga Book 9i (which I'd buy if it just had Wacom EMR).
The name will be confusing, <a href="https://daylightcomputer.com/" rel="nofollow">https://daylightcomputer.com/</a> is a fast e-ink tablet.
For some more portable examples of removing an.lcd backlight for more outdoor or daylight-powered use, see<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMobileComputers/comments/1awpgjy/outdoor_computing_amazing_writeup_exploring_diy/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMobileComputers/comments/1awpgj...</a><p>And <a href="https://twitter.com/mljmljmlj/status/1254231084482482176/photo/1" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/mljmljmlj/status/1254231084482482176/pho...</a>
This already exists as a product: <a href="https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/rE-Monitor" rel="nofollow">https://www.sunvisiondisplay.com/rE-Monitor</a>
My schedule in the past years was not linked to daylight at all. But that changed recently. I have a new window where the first sunlight in the morning now enters the room.<p>Since I have that window I'm very aware of the time the sun rises every day and how that time shifts a few minutes every day. At least in the location where I life. (South of Germany)
This thread has so much valuable information!
I fly gliders, and our avionics use bright backlights to make the screens usable in direct sunlight. We need about 1200 nits.
Since everything is powered by 12 volt batteries, the backlights are a large factor of the total energy consumption.
In the past the ipaq 3825 series was liked due to its transflective screen.