Arizona State University Debuts Paper-Thin, Flexible Touchscreen
Arizona State University Debuts Paper-Thin, Flexible Touchscreen
Posted 02/26/2009 at 7:05am
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The fruits of a 10-year funded agreement with the U.S. Army that began in 2004 has paid off for Arizona State University's Flexible Display Center (FDC), who has just created the first ever flexible touchscreen display. The display is based on active-matrix electrophoretic technology from E-Ink Corp out of Cambridge, MA, and will find initial application as a military device.
"Our displays have always been flexible, but so far the touchscreens have been glass, which are not rugged enough for many applications," said Sri Peruvemba, E-Ink's VP of marketing. "Now we have a partner that can build a flexible touchscreen to match our flexible display."
That partner is DuPont Teijin films, who manufacturers the plastic used in place of glass in conventional touchscreens. In this case, amorphous silicon thin-film transistors were fabricated on DuPont's flexible Teonex polyethylene napthalate substrate. The end result is a rugged, light-weight device suitable for battlefield scenarios.
Beyond military use, Peruvemba said the technology could become commercially available in as little as 18 months.
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February 26, 2009 at 8:43pm
What the hell is on it that's powering it??? What special OS is it running? Internet based or what? I don't get how the technology works, just that it's a flexible, light-weight touchscreen.
cfmwarren
February 26, 2009 at 7:22pm
This will have so many applications, like new iPods. Yes!!!!!!.
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February 26, 2009 at 5:17pm
I can now see how Hdtv will look in the future Lighter than the stuff we have today
ApoX-911
February 26, 2009 at 12:04pm
Or how about a layer of it added to the windshield of cars, trucks, and motorcycles. GPS, radio, and even backup camera displays could all be right in front of you, making it possible to actually look at the road while browsing for a new satellite radio channel.
nekollx
February 26, 2009 at 12:06pm
or streach it over the entire winedshild and Tom Tom can do a digital overlay of the real road to guide you. How cool would it be to actually see a yellow guid line streach out infront of you
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February 26, 2009 at 2:12pm
If I'm not mistaken, the MxPC podcast crew reported that this has already been in development and was shown off at CES this year.
Kaasiim
February 26, 2009 at 7:43am
Thats friggin awesome.
I can't think of a use for it myself off the top of my head, but I know that its gonna be one huge help with the military.
Domains
December 20, 2010 at 10:31am
I don't care much about flexible screens, but imagine at least that those screens can be manufactured round. It would be sooo comfortable.
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February 26, 2009 at 9:17am
touch screen laptop tablets running windows 7 for one. And with all that realestate for the monitor reclaimed maybe a high end desktop quality video card could be mixed in "under the hood"
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