Not exact matches
It could also create a
new area of soft robotics, and enable
new applications in
flexible sensors and actuators, biomedical devices and platforms or scaffolds for cells to grow, Lee said.
New types of solar cells and
flexible transistors are also in the works, as well as pressure and temperature
sensors that could be built into electronic skin for robotic or bionic applications.
This
new capability will enable students to perform cutting edge research on additive manufacturing and their applications on printing
sensors,
flexible electronics and energy conversion and storage systems.
The result, a
flexible, transmissive backplane, represents a significant breakthrough in the manufacture of
new large area image
sensors and demonstrates the potential use of Plastic Logic's unique
flexible transistor technology beyond plastic displays.
The team also envisages the
new flexible backplanes may be lightweight and malleable enough to be used as high - density
sensors for use in such things as high - resolution medical imaging systems or super-accurate gesture recognition applications.
The Apple Watch 3, on the other hand, is expected to come with
new features such as a display embedded fingerprint
sensor and might even have a
flexible display.