Some mad scientists over on UCLA's engineering team have effectively developed a new type of LCD using photovaltaic polarizers that recycle energy from sunlight or a device's own backlight to charge itself. Pretty epic, right. If you're thinking what I'm thinking, this could be exactly what Android ordered. Youssry Boutros, program director for the Intel Labs Academic Research Office, which supported the research explains:
“The polarizing organic photovoltaic cell demonstrated by Professor Yang's research group can potentially harvest 75 percent of the wasted photons from LCD backlight and turn them back into electricity.
Android Phone, New LCD Tech Could Make Self Charging Android Handsets a Reality
