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Watch That Tiny $74 1.5GHz Android-Powered Thumb-Puter In Action We’ve been talking about next-gen display technology like e-paper for ages, but professor Roel Vertegaal thinks we’re not thinking about future computing flexibly enough. He’s convinced that “non-planar” computing devices with screens in almost any shape will one day be ubiquitous, and is busy building prototypes in his lab.
The PSP is nice enough to hold, especially compared to the boxy DS Lite, but wouldn’t it be better if it were even nicer? Like, Dualshock/Sixaxis nice? Now you can get this Flexible Hand Grip Advance Pad and make that dream come true. Sure, the bulk added doesn’t really justify the slight comfort improvement from the grips, but if you’ve got huge man hands that cramp up with a little portable, this is totally worth it. [visavis via Famitsu via Kotaku]
This is probably more fantasy than reality, but at Samsung’s recent “Sdium” showroom in Korea earlier this week, the company was showing off radical-looking models of flexible displays. We especially like the Samsung SDI flexible display shown here, which is apparently rolled up within its two scrolls until you want to watch a cartoonish-looking still of Star Wars. Someday, these screens may actually show moving, color pictures. Take the jump for a look at the technology as it might appear on a bracelet viewing device.
This concept by Yun Liang mimics the motion of a scroll. Keep it rolled up when you’re making a call, and roll it out when you want to watch a movie or receive a visual text. And the phone wouldn’t lose functionality when furled, thanks to the numerical buttons along the baton. [Yanko]
Why make a leather notebook when you can make one out of fabric? That seems to be what the designers at Fujitsu are thinking. Their Fab PC concept is a laptop made from fabric with a flexible e-paper display that makes this lappie easy to fold up and take on the road. The fabric also makes the laptop ultra-light and ultra-rugged (you’ll never have to worry about dropping this notebook on concrete). No word on when we’ll see a working version of the notebook, but we can only hope. – Louis Ramirez
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Fujitsu Shows an Eye for Style with “Fab PC” [Daily Tech]
Today Sony showed off some 2.5-inch OLED screens that are capable of being slightly bent. It is made out of a glass substrate and is only .3mm thick. Supposedly the display has been created for lightweight, bigger and “softer” electronics, but all I see is problems with this. Sure it could be integrated into phones and whatnot, but what if they become so cheap that companies begin plastering actual video advertisements in print media? Yes, just what I want—a video advertisement for Sony plastered through my Playboy and Sports Illustrated magazines. After the break, a video of the bend-y screen in action.
LG.Philips LCD keeps teasing the world with dream display products that will not reach the mass market until sometime in the next decade.
This is their all-new, world-first A4 electronic paper, a 4,096-color flexible 14.1-inch page made using “metal foil and plastic substrates rather than glass.” They only use power when the image changes and since they are reflective like real paper, they can be seen perfectly from any angle. Even under direct sunlight.
For even better viewing, figure 1 here shows that you have to hold it up on high like a Holy Hand Grenade and wear stripped gloves. Something that might prove somehow unpractical while reading your electronic New York Times in the loo. – Jesus Diaz
LG.Philips LCD claims first flexible color A4-size e-paper [Digitimes]
Intel has jumped onto the flexible display bandwagon, promising us a future with bendable cellphones, GPS navigators and PDAs. According to the company’s patent, the displays will be made up of two flexible sheets and magnetically controlled pixels. No word on when these displays will become a reality, but between Intel, LG Philips, and everyone else we’re hoping it’ll be sooner rather than later. – Louis Ramirez
Intel is Working on Flexible Screen for Mobile Devices [Unwired View]
