I-Corps: Spontaneous Pop-Up Display

SPUD是一种自发的弹出式显示器，是一种高分辨率的24英寸显示器，可以折叠到小伞大小，重量不到一磅。SPUD可以连接到笔记本电脑(以提供一个大的辅助或主屏幕)和平板电脑/手机(当与便携式键盘配合使用时，可以创建一个移动工作站)。SPUD消除了屏幕大小与便携性之间的权衡。有了SPUD，用户可以在他们想要的任何地方拥有他们需要的大电脑屏幕。这意味着那些依赖大电脑屏幕并经常远离专用办公桌工作的人现在有了他们需要的工具来最大限度地提高他们的工作效率。例如，目标客户包括审计师、业务开发专业人员、税务顾问、管理顾问和学生。据估计，有1000万专业人士经常在办公桌外工作，依靠大电脑屏幕工作。这些目标客户知道，正如许多研究所证明的那样，大电脑屏幕可以提高50%的生产率。这意味着，与在较小屏幕上工作的同龄人相比，这些移动专业人士一天可以完成更多与计算机相关的工作。此外，《华尔街日报》的一项研究显示，24英寸的电脑屏幕已经被证明比18英寸的显示器提高了50%的工作效率。其他客户/用途包括政府(军事、急救人员、救灾人员)和消费者(游戏玩家、露营者、父母)应用程序。SPUD由新颖的机械和光学组成，与可折叠的屏幕和便携式投影仪相结合，实现了可折叠的计算机屏幕。为了实现这一结果，该团队已经并将继续从事机械研究，以创造一个界面，优化屏幕质量和目标市场应用的可用性。目前对该项目的力学研究主要集中在对现有众所周知的技术进行大量修改，未来的研究可能会集中在开发全新的技术上。同样，该项目以前的光学开发也侧重于为这一新应用实现现有的透镜系统。目前该项目的光学开发包括开发一种新型的折反射系统，该系统可以极大地缩短传统投影仪的投射比，同时将重量贡献降至最低。未来的光学发展将采用自由曲面光学。该项目具有巨大的潜在贡献，因为进一步开发一种新型显示器将产生广泛的社会和科学影响。有了可折叠屏幕，许多使用案例将提高不同客户群的生活质量，甚至可能有助于在急救和军事应用中拯救生命。科学的影响将导致类似光学设备的功能和可制造性的改进，同时也进一步促进自由曲面光学的发展。

SPUD, the Spontaneous Pop-Up Display, is a high resolution 24 inch display that collapses to the size of a small umbrella and weighs less than a pound. SPUD can connect to a laptop (to provide a large secondary or primary screen) and to a tablet/phone (to create a mobile workstation when coupled with a portable keyboard). SPUD eliminates the screen size versus portability tradeoff. With SPUD, users can have the large computer screen they need wherever they want. This means that those who rely on large computer screens and frequently work away from a dedicated desk now have the tool they need to maximize their productivity. Example target customers include auditors, business development professionals, tax consultants, management consultants, and students. There are an estimated 10 million professionals who work away from their desk frequently and rely on large computer screens. These target customers know that large computer screens increase productivity as much as 50%, as demonstrated through many studies. This means that these mobile professionals can get more computer related work done in a day compared to their peers who work on smaller screens. Additionally, a 24-inch computer screen has been proven to increase productivity 50% over even 18 inch monitors, as shown in a Wall Street Journal study. Additional customers/uses include government (military, first responders, disaster relief) and consumer (gamers, campers, parents) applications. SPUD consists of novel mechanics and optics coupled to a collapsible screen and portable projector to achieve the collapsible computer screen. To achieve this outcome, the team has and will continue to engage in mechanics research to create an interface that optimizes screen quality and usability for the target market applications. Current mechanics research for this project has focused on heavily modifying well-known existing technologies and future research will likely focus on the development of completely novel technologies. Previous optics development for this project, likewise, has focused on the implementation of existing lensing systems for this new application. Current optics development for this project has consisted of the development of a novel catadioptric system that greatly shortens the throw ratio of traditional projectors while minimizing weight contribution. Future optics development will employ free-form optics. The project has large potential contribution as further development of a novel display type will have broad societal and science impacts. With a collapsible screen, there are many use cases that will improve quality of life for different customer segments and even potentially help save lives in first responder and military applications. The science impact will result in improved functionality and manufacturability for similar optical based devices while also furthering the development of freeform optics.