Currently, the only way you’re getting a heads-up display in your whip is if you pay two arms and a leg for it. By and large, mid-range and low-end vehicles have been completely removed from the HUD fun, but all that could be changing thanks to a new effort from the crew at Oki Digital Imaging. Said outfit recently demonstrated a LED-based alternative that measures 1.1-inches in size and is constructed using the company’s own EFB (Epi Fi lm Bonding) process. Without getting too deep in the technobabble, the newfound process cons umes less power, requires a simpler heat sink and boasts an all-around simpler structure. The end result? A far less expensive heads-up display, which — if all goes well — will begin sampling by the end of next year and could hit low-end cars, mobile phones and oth er handhelds shortly thereafter. Oh futur e, how we love thee.