
SEL Japan has shown off a prototype device that could possibly transform the consumer electronics industry one day. Well maybe. recently at .
What exactly is it? Well, the product in question is an 8.7 inch Full HD flexible panel with 1080p resolution and 254ppi being shown at Yokohama Display Innovation 2014. So it’s a flexible display, that’s not new right? Well here’s what this panel can do that the other flexible ones can’t. It can be folded like an origami piece over 100,000 times and at a radius of 2-3 mm. And all of this can be done without affecting the viewing experience of the panel. That’s not all, it also includes a touchscreen with a thickness of 100 microns and uses an OLED with colour filters setup. The plastic margins you see in the photo are for highlighting the folding feature at the expo, while this particular prototype can be folded up to three times.
SEL is a Japanese outfit that was started in the 80s and specializes in research, development and licensing the technologies. This isn’t the only thing they have. They are also showcasing a 1058ppi 2.8 inch AMOLED display, 13 inch 8K AMOLED display and transparent display bezel at Yokohama.
This development pushes bendable and flexible displays even further and we might, sooner or later, be really headed towards a truly paperless society. Of course aside from flexible readers, there even more potential uses for such a flexible display. Let’s hope we’ll be seeing actual working products using this tech soon.
Source: PhoneArena
Images by Oled-Display
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