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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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  2. Fashion disaster! by OK+PC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The company says the flexible lcd will "open up new possibilities for wearable displays or fashionable displays in the not-so-distant future"

    Oh god, it'll be worse than the 80's!

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  3. electronic paper by romit_icarus · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The big breakthrough for Samsung will come when they are able to mass manufacture displays thin and flexible enough to be used as electronic paper (or digital ink). This will pose a great challenge to the conventional print publishing industry.

    This advancement looks more cosmetic though...

    1. 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.

  4. Good for pre-shaped screens by waif69 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This would be best suited for screens that are pre-shaped, such as wrap around goggles for the military. This flexible technology would also be good for immersive video games where the user wears a helmet type assembly. Another good use of this would be for video teleconferencing, the screen would no longer need to be big and in front of the room, but above the speakerphone and everyone in the room could direct their attention to one location regardless of where they were sitting aroung the table. Whew, that was a long sentence.

    1. Re:Good for pre-shaped screens by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Microvision works for this scenario. The DoD is a big 'investor'.

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  5. 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.

  6. Possible Uses beyond clothing by mrtroy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I am sure this will make its way into sales and marketing people's hands --- which is not necessarily AGT (A Good Thing).

    Consider that there will be a ridiculous amount of these screens placed everywhere possible by advertisers trying to hammer us with even more ads. My guess is this technology will be used primarily to annoy us furthur (in its first applications).

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  7. the article was short on details by WhiteDragon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How flexible is it? The article didn't say. The photo attached to the article didn't even show the screen flexing. It looks like an ordinary flat panel display. What kind of resolution and color depth does it have?

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