Samsung Showcases Solar Powered Transparent Touchscreen 46-inch LCD

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Samsung Electronics has tweaked its existing transparent LCD technology to make it energy efficient enough to be powered by ambient light. A working prototype was demoed at CeBIT 2011, one that has a viewable size of 46-inch and supports full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels) as well as providing with a full ten finger touchscreen surface. The panel, which uses vertical alignment display mode, is an improvement on the see-through LCD panel it showed at the SID 2010 in Seattle, in May last year.

A spokesperson for Samsung Electronics told that there will be commercial models based on the technology soon and mentioned a fridge freezer as being a potential application. She declined to say whether the innovative solar panel would be rolled out to other similar products. The fact that Samsung has been able to cut down power consumption by such a margin that it can be powered by ambient light is an impressive feat. 

Earlier this year, Samsung demoed the its largest transparent OLED display, a 19-inch bad boy, at CES 2011. It is however unlikely that this production prototype will be anything more than a showcase for the next couple of years.