Details on a curved glass display coming out Apple's camp are not known, but the company does work closely with Corning, which has
a flexible display product known as Willow Glass.
Not exact matches
Case in point: In April, Samsung Electronics, working with South Korea's Sungkyunkwan University, announced a graphene synthesis method that promises to speed the material's commercialization, touting its potential for use in
flexible displays and other cutting - edge
products.
Yet only a handful of
products have come to market that feature
flexible displays, and those have the
displays mounted in a rigid holder, rather than free for the user to bend.
Flexible electronics technology is already being used in such products as flexible, super-thin and durable LCD display screens, which can be written on with either a stylus or finger and then erased with the touch of a
Flexible electronics technology is already being used in such
products as
flexible, super-thin and durable LCD display screens, which can be written on with either a stylus or finger and then erased with the touch of a
flexible, super-thin and durable LCD
display screens, which can be written on with either a stylus or finger and then erased with the touch of a button.
About NanoLumens: Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, NanoLumens, Inc. (www.nanolumens.com) is a privately held corporation engaged in the research,
product development, marketing and sales of unique
flexible and fixed large - format LED
display solutions in any size, shape, or curvature, that address a yawning technology gap in the $ 14 billion digital
display industry.
UC Irvine researchers copied the pattern on a new,
flexible material and coated it with a bit of gold to make a
product that could improve solar panels, LED
displays and disguising of weapons.
The purpose of this demo is to prove the suitability of the technique for the highly cost - effective manufacture of
products such as
flexible LED
displays containing printed electronics.
Flexible display — makers Polymer Vision (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Plastic Logic (Cambridge) should begin production later this year, he says, as well as PolyIC, a German firm working on printed radio bar codes for
product tracking.
They do take risks and maybe we might see a future
product have a truly
flexible display.
The UK launched a new project called Gravia that aims to investigate the feasibility of producing graphene - based encapsulation films for next generation
flexible OLED lighting and
display products.
«Plastic Logic's
flexible plastic
displays are completely transformational in terms of
product interaction,» says Indro Mukerjee, CEO of plastic logic.
The facility will produce
flexible active - matrix E Ink
display modules for «take anywhere, read anywhere» electronic reader
products.
The technology will enable
product designers to develop stylish, more ergonomically - friendly devices in several emerging industrial segments, including
flexible AMOLED and other
displays for mobile and Wearables and the Internet of Things, - markets which are forecast to be worth $ 12Bn by 2020 (IHS 2013 report) and $ 1.9 trillion across all sectors in 2020 respectively.
E Ink and Canatu have just signed a long - term agreement to offer a line of
flexible touch
displays for the wearable market, with the first
product ready for sampling to customers in July 2016.
This is the latest addition to the E Ink Mobius
product line of lightweight,
flexible displays.
The new CoverReader will use Plastic Logic's
flexible EPD
product; the 4.8»
display will be manufactured in the company's Dresden facility.
«Plastic Logic's
flexible plastic
displays are completely transformational in terms of
product interaction.
«Our leading - edge plastic electronic technology, proven manufacturing process and can - do customer focus enables our customers to bring robust,
flexible, functional, low - power glass - free
display - based
products to market, which creates exciting opportunities for market growth, differentiation and competitive advantage.
We hope to see commercially available
flexible E Ink Vizplex film based
displays in consumer
products in the near future.
Eventually, the screens may lead to truly
flexible product designs that can be rolled up, but early attempts are focused on creating contoured
display surfaces.
E Ink already offers
flexible displays in its small, low - resolution
product lines, such as wristwatches.
The
display technology used in the
product's creation makes use of a rugged, metal - foil e-paper
display and a
flexible, stainless - steel substrate for silicon thin - film - transistors (TFT).
Sony has been using E Ink
displays since 2004, first with its e-reader devices (it is still offering its large 13.3»
flexible E Ink based reader, but the smaller ones are no longer in production) and later with wearables and other unique
products.
Certainly
flexible, high - contrast, low - power
displays are going to be an exciting piece of the wearables story, but it's also going to take creativity from
product designers and marketers to help people understand what this new category is for and why it's important.
Our leading - edge plastic electronic technology, proven manufacturing process and can - do customer focus enables our customers to bring robust,
flexible, functional, low - power glass - free
display - based
products to market which create exciting opportunities for market growth, differentiation and competitive advantage.
Even though the
display is
flexible, the
product itself will not be - as people do not really want a
flexible display - they are afraid it will be easily destroyed... So this will be a regular E Reader, with a plastic based
display.
Still, while companies are developing new types of
displays,
flexible e-paper, color screens and new ways to extend
product life, one company has decided to be more conservative by launching a 6 - inch E-Ink Vizplex - enabled e-reader.
LG
Display has launched a new, 6 - inch flexible epaper display that the company expects to show up in bendable products by the beginning of next
Display has launched a new, 6 - inch
flexible epaper
display that the company expects to show up in bendable products by the beginning of next
display that the company expects to show up in bendable
products by the beginning of next month.
Logan: Dexas provides outstanding,
flexible packaging, as well as counter
display units for our bottle assortments; plus, we have been working to add more point - of - sale materials with great graphics of the
products in use.
For the first time ever, Samsung releases two Notes at the same event, and for the first time EVER Samsung releases an Official smartphone
product with a
Flexible AMOLED
Display, Introducing the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Edge.
Without getting into the technical details of the Clear ID FS9500 (the first in the Synaptics Clear ID
product family), it is worth stressing that the sensor is designed to work with as many devices as possible, whether they have
flexible or rigid
displays.
That report also presented a video showing the type of
flexible display needed for this kind of end
product.
It appears the curved
displays may be based on common LCD
displays, which may be improved to make them shatterproof, resulting in more durable Samsung
products; previous reports have indicated that Samsung was working with OLEDs to develop its
flexible displays.
At a recent event for Samsung investors, Lee - Chang Hoon, vice president of Samsung
Display's business, said: «We plan to provide consumers with a product that has a flexible display by the end of the year.
Display's business, said: «We plan to provide consumers with a
product that has a
flexible display by the end of the year.
display by the end of the year.»
What's more, Soneira thinks that the Galaxy Round is just the first step in a broader evolution of
flexible smartphone
displays that will deliver screens that «have a profound effect on the use of most
display based
products starting in the very near future.»
Samsung has been teasing
flexible displays for years, and now it finally confirmed a commercial
product is coming next month.