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Ink Breakthrough Heralds Bendy PC Screens

Posted by timothy on from the 1001-positions-for-computing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers claim to have developed a type of soluble semiconductor ink which could help to make bendable computer screens a reality. Developed at Polyera and BASF Future Business, the ink carries an N-Type negative charge. Previously, semiconductor inks have only been able to carry a positive charge. The new ink can be printed onto any flexible material, including plastic and paper, using only a modified ink-jet printer."

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  1. Does anyone really care? by Flentil · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously, I see articles about 'bendable displays' about once per week for the past couple years, as if people were desperate to get their hands on this technology. For what purpose really? We're never going to have moving pictures on newspapers unless you want to pay $100 or more for a paper, and that's never going to happen. What sort of mass hysteria is going on here were companies think we're all desperate for them to invent bendable displays? Does anyone really want to use one? Does anyone really have any practical use for this technology sinkhole?