Panasonic Brings Plasma Displays to Phones

By Nick Mokey
April 03, 2008

After a decade of secret research, Panasonic has successfully developed mini plasma screens that it hopes will find their way into everything from cell phones to gas pumps.

“Plasma screen” may be synonymous with the hulking 42-inch sets you see lighting up aisles down at your local appliance retailer, but Panasonic has recently succeeded in a secret effort to make the same technology much, much smaller. At a press conference on Tuesday, Panasonic revealed the fruits of its R&D efforts, and plans to put compact plasma screens in everything from cell phones to gas pumps.

“For nearly a decade, Panasonic's engineers have been secretly working on a thin, lightweight low-voltage compact plasma display,” said Mark Balsama, Panasonic’s former group manager of the Communications Systems division, who was recently coaxed out of retirement. According to Balsma, the displays engineers eventually cooked up rival ...

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