Microsoft Patents Shape-Shifting Display

Stoobalou writes "In layman's terms, Microsoft's patent is for a special type of touch-screen display which includes a 'shape-memory' layer at its base. When activated by a special frequency of ultraviolet light, individual blocks — not-coincidentally the same size as a pixel on the display part — can be raised or lowered, lending the displayed image physical texture."

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Re:Lemme guess..

[Amorymeltzer]

While there's no sign of a product using Microsoft's patented technology on the horizon...

It's a patent announcement, not a product announcement. You've technically seen every picture of every product making use of it.

A Patent, you say?

[LaminatorX]

So wait, a major tech company filed a patent application for a new display technology that's genuinely novel and innovative?

They still do that?