Pixel Qi

{{Short description|American technology company}}

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| founder = Mary Lou Jepsen

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| location_city = San Bruno, California

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| industry = Electronic visual displays

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| homepage = www.pixelqi.com
[https://www.tripuso.com/index.html www.tripuso.com]

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Pixel Qi Corporation (pronounced Pixel "Chi") was an American company involved in the research of low-power computer display technology, based in San Bruno, California.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/pixel-qi/ |title=Pixel Qi Promises Cheap, Readable, Low-Power Displays |date=12 May 2009 |magazine=Wired |accessdate=29 December 2009}} It was founded by Mary Lou Jepsen, who was previously the chief technical officer of the One Laptop per Child project.{{cite web |url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/12/the-hunt-for-the-perfect-screen/ |title=The Hunt For The Perfect Screen |date=28 December 2009 |website=Gizmodo |accessdate=29 December 2009}}

File:Berlin_Hackathon_2012-48.jpg laptop operating in reflective mode, the screen is in grey scale mode and is not retro illuminated]]File:Minibloq_progamming_an_Arduino_UNO.jpg laptop operating in transmissive mode, the screen is in color mode and is retro illuminated]]

The company designed liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that can be largely manufactured using the existing manufacturing infrastructure for conventional LCDs. The advantage of Pixel Qi displays over conventional LCDs is mainly that they can be set to operate under transflective mode and reflective mode, improving eye-comfort, power usage, and visibility under bright ambient light.

By 2015, PixelQi's team and offices were unreachable, and the company is presumed defunct.{{cite web |url=https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/pixel-qi-is-officially-out-of-business |title=Pixel QI is Officially out of Business |last=Kozlowski |first=Michael |date=12 January 2015 |website=goodereader.com |publisher=Good e-Reader |access-date=2 October 2018 |quote= Currently nobody knows the exact status of Pixel QI. The executive team all fled, the main phone number for their headquarters in California is out of service, as is their satellite office in Texas. None of the email address I have gained over the last five years are working anymore. This includes their entire executive team, IT department and press office.}} The intellectual property is now owned by the original investor of Pixel Qi, while the right to manufacture Pixel Qi technology contractually rests with Tripuso Display Solutions.{{cite web |url=https://the-digital-reader.com/2015/01/12/reports-death-pixel-qi-somewhat-exaggerated/ |title=Reports of the Death of Pixel Qi Were Somewhat Exaggerated |last=Hoffelder |first=Nate |date=12 January 2015 |website=the-digital-reader.com |publisher= The Digital Reader |access-date=2 October 2018 |quote= The IP is now owned by the original investor of Pixel Qi. We will need to wait for Pixel Qi formal announcement for the details. Tripuso Display Solutions has the right to manufacture Pixel Qi technology by contract.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.infinitegrid.mobi/index.php/news.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528200821/http://www.infinitegrid.mobi/index.php/news.html |archivedate=2015-05-28 |title=Pixel Qi and Tripuso Display Systems |last=Quinn |first=T. Allen |date=17 May 2015 |website=The Infinite Grid |publisher=Quinn Enterprises International |access-date=2 October 2018 |quote=...we will also be the I.T. service provider to Tripuso Display Solutions where we will re-design and relaunch the Pixel Qi website with updated details relating to the recent news on Pixel Qi's new life.}}