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Flexy-bendy OLED that stretches the imagination
Flexible OLED has been around for a while, but rubbery OLED is a whole new concept. Researchers in Tokyo have developed prototypes that can be shaped and stretched in a variety of ways, from a human face to a complete sphere. The displays are produced by applying a thin layer of fluor-rubber material to carbon nanotubes. The resulting stretchable material is thinner than LCD and plasma, and uses very little power.
For now, the prototypes are monochromatic with a resolution of a whopping 256 pixels. However, it can be folded a thousand times without degrading the quality.
While everyone is focusing on flat displays, looks like expandable round displays maybe the next big thing. What would you do with a rubbery display?
The Mainichi Daily News via Oh Gizmo
By Traveler at 12:31 PM ON 05/12/09
DVICE has already shown OLED lighting products, so some applications are kind of obvious.
By ShinyStuffs at 6:56 AM ON 05/31/09
I'm just waiting for some kind of chameleon displays, for adding on to cars -- maybe shape shifting masks you could wear (air adjusted underneath like artificial muscles). or more likely, a chameleon cell phone, how cool wouldn't that be ??! using the camera on the cell phone to aquire the surrounding area for masking purposes -- or maybe just a big display all the way around with like lightening effects, as if current washes through it .. or showing randomly an all sides information like which song playing, whom your talking to NEVER to need flipping the phone over :)
I mean, like in cable guy " theres NO end to the possibilities !" :)
seriously, there ain't ! :D
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