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Samsung Reveals Their Flexible LCD

Posted by Hemos on from the wrap-it-around-me-and-call-me-performance-art dept.

ozmanjusri writes "Samsung has demonstrated a flexible 7" LCD display made from amorphous silicon on a plastic substrate. The company says the flexible lcd will "open up new possibilities for wearable displays or fashionable displays in the not-so-distant future"

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  1. The Emporer's New Clothes by Tzinger · · Score: 5, Funny

    The possibility of a semi-transparent wearable LCD give all new meaning to the old classic fairy tale. Imagine buying a designer dress and experiencing a power failure!

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    "If all the American people want is security, let them live in prisons." Eisenhower
  2. Re:electronic paper by youngerpants · · Score: 4, Funny

    And to make them cheap and environmentally friendly so they can be thrown-away if required, yet at the same time durable enough so they can be stored for long periods of time... in fact, just like paper.

  3. Thank you for using inches by tlynch001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thank goodness some other country has the common courtesy to use inches instead of that fancy pants metric thing.