Electronic newspapers coming soon?
The newspaper your grandkids will be reading circa 2020 might have music, animation and videos — and interactivity with the flick of a finger. Today, the world’s first full-colour flexible display was announced. How cool is this.
The newspaper your grandkids will be reading circa 2020 might have music, animation and videos — and interactivity with the flick of a finger. Today, the world’s first full-colour flexible display was announced. How cool is this.
Korea’s LG.Philips LCD and New Jersey’s Universal Display Corporation (UDC) jointly announced today the world’s first full-colour flexible display.
While details are still scarce, this 10cm OLED (organic light emitting diode) panel is capable of QVGA resolution (320 x 240 pixels); the company explains the benefit of the OLED panel is that it can replace a typical glass board with this metal foil board, allowing the material to bend, if needed – depending on the application, of course.
Remarkably, LG.Philips LCD says this durable stainless board is so thin – at 150μm – it’s barely thicker than a human hair.
Can an electronic newspaper be that far off? Imagine reading the sports pages on the train to work and being able to double-tap to watch video highlights from last night’s game. Or how about a PC you can roll up and tuck into your coat’s inside pocket?
Apparently, this isn’t as much a question of if but when, as the companies also announced a similar colour electronic paper using a 36cm (diagonal) flexible metal foil board. Previously, LG.Philips LCD and UDC had only shown a monochromatic screen.
More info is available at www.lgphilips-lcd.com.
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