Flexible Screens

What If Your Smartphone Could Bend Into a Smart Watch?

 

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Your Future Samsung TV May Bend and Twist

A new Samsung patent describes a TV with a flexible display that viewers could bend by using a remote control, just like changing the channel.




A Touchscreen You Can Pinch, Poke and Stretch

There are touchscreen displays and 3D displays, but now there’s one that combines the two: a flexible screen that users can pinch, poke and stretch.




Job Listing Hints Apple Is Working on Flexible Screens

In a job listing that appeared and then disappeared, Apple seemed to hint that it really is working on bendable or flexible screens. The job listing, which was first reported by 9to5mac.com, seemed to confirm recent rumors about the Cupertino company



Flexible Smartphones May Be Here Sooner Than You Think

It may not be long before flexible smartphones become commonplace on store shelves. Samsung is reportedly moving forward with plans to make displays out of flexible plastic rather than glass, a move that would allow devices to be lighter and bendable...



The Future of Screens: Why OLED Will Change Everything

Design trends are influenced by both form and function, but also bow to limitations of existing technology. When we look back at flat-screen TVs compared to LCDs, then further to the bulky cathode ray tube (remember these?)




Flexible Battery Could Lead to Gadgets That Fold Up

Korean scientists have created a battery that's so super-thin and flexible that it could one day lead to gadgets with big screens that can be folded away into your pocket. A big limitation on the screen size of portable electronics is screen size.



Flexible Touchscreen Could Prompt Sleeker, Curvier Tablets, Smartphones

Can your iPad do this? Perhaps someday. Atmel, which makes hardware used in devices from Samsung, Acer and LG, this week introduced XSense, a flexible touchscreen the company claims can fuel a new wave of lighter



New Toshiba Screen Lets You Bend to Zoom in Google Earth

Toshiba is showing off a novel user input case for its flexible LCD screen: you can physically bend the screen to zoom in or out in Google Earth. Shown off at the Society for Information Display 2010 Conference, the bend sensor in the display