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From: pausch@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Randy Pausch)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: consumer electronics question
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Date: 22 Sep 89 21:45:06 GMT
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A student is interested in looking at variable-intensity L.E.D displays for
consumer electronics (i.e. your clock radio knows how bright to make itself,
based on the ambient light in the room).  Does anyone know if

a) this is already marketed in a commercial project?
b) any R&D work has been done in this area?
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Randy Pausch		(pausch@virginia.edu) 804-982-2211
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Deptartment, Thornton Hall,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903