A few years ago I saw Andrew Tridgell talk about his current plaything: autopiloted model aircraft (using a linux project whose name I can't recall). Anyway, as the aircraft were used outdoors, he needed a laptop bright enough to use in sunlight.
After much faffing about, he settled on simply taking the plastic back and lighting panel off a normal laptop, and simply letting the ambient sunlight shine through the LED panel. We saw it in use later out on the field, and it worked pretty well. Of course, it's not going to work for night use...
I had to use a laptop to control some equipment outside while working for a refinery, after one day of not being able to see anything I just brought a cardboard cutout that I would place over the display - problem solved.
A few years ago I saw Andrew Tridgell talk about his current plaything: autopiloted model aircraft (using a linux project whose name I can't recall). Anyway, as the aircraft were used outdoors, he needed a laptop bright enough to use in sunlight.
After much faffing about, he settled on simply taking the plastic back and lighting panel off a normal laptop, and simply letting the ambient sunlight shine through the LED panel. We saw it in use later out on the field, and it worked pretty well. Of course, it's not going to work for night use...