Flexible gadgets are undeniably sexy – but Japanese electronics giant Sony wasn’t content stopping there. For their newest display, they decided to also throw in ultra-thinness (just 80μm or a bit thinner than a human hair) and the energy-saving power of OLEDs into the mix. The new prototype is so bendy that it can be wrapped around a pencil. From electronic newspapers to LED garments, just think about the applications such a display could be used for!
An older iteration of a flexible display that Sony was working on.The new prototype is a huge step up from their last iteration, which Gizmodo reported to be only slightly bendy. According to PCWorld, the new screen contains innovative organic thin-film transistors that are used to make the driver circuitry to run the display. These transistors are capable of being produced directly on a flexible substrate, eliminating the need for rigid driver chips that would prevent the screen from being bent.
The new OLED display measures 4.1-inches wide with a contrast ratio of under 1,000:1 and a resolution of 432 x 240. And this is crazy – Sony says that this new OLED panel can continue streaming video while rolled up or stretched!
Via Gizmodo
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….presiento lo fantastico e innovador de este:pero no comprendo ? acaso es una pelicula iluminada ,para colocar materiales traslucidos ,y asi quedar iluminados”?”’ o es un material iluminado ,como para fabricarpoe eje:vertidos,trajesetc’??
Wa. Imagine a TV made of this. It’ll be wallpaper.
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Yummy! The cyberpunk future is almost here. Remember Ghosts of Mars had something like this used by Wesley Snipes.
Lancer Kind
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wow this is just magnificent.realy hoping it to be sold commercially.
I guess I will just have to use my new Dell Streak until this becomes afforable! It is pretty cool, you can check it out here. http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/29/dell-streaks-gorilla-glass-screen-torture-tested-for-your-amus/
This is really awesome! I can’t think of any more words to say I’m just so amazed with this new tech.