Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!haven!uvaarpa!uvacs!pausch From: pausch@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Randy Pausch) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: consumer electronics question Message-ID:Date: 22 Sep 89 21:45:06 GMT Sender: daemon@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU Distribution: sci Organization: Computer Science Dept, UVA, Charlottesville, VA 22903 Lines: 11 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? -- Randy Pausch (pausch@virginia.edu) 804-982-2211 Assistant Professor, Computer Science Deptartment, Thornton Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903