In the interest of proving the utility of delivering and documenting sources, here are two articles - both from Gizmodo - about ultra-thin digital paper (that is, OLED screens that can show moving images but are really, really thin).
"How thin, Mike?" folks may ask. Well, evidently in 2007 Sony showed off a 0.3mm screen. Then, this year they showed a screen that's only 80μm (micrometers) thick, which Gizmodo points out is "about ten times the size of a red blood cell, or just a tiny bit thinner than a single hair."
LG (as reported by PC World this summer) and Samsung, not to be outdone by Sony, and sensing the
Here are some videos of the real screens in action. Those images aren't projected onto the thin screen; they're projected from within the flexible material itself, jsut like an LED computer monitor. The first video is, I think, the 0.3mm version. the second is the even thinner (how thin can they go?!) version.
Wow! Technology seems to grow by leaps and bounds everyday. But how are we suppose to write on this? And what type of technologically adavanced super pencil are they going to have to create to work with this paper. It's crazy to think that we can create screens with such high visibility and it be nearly as thin as a blood cell. But how much would a screen like this cost? Could the average student really afford it? There's a million questions that could be asked, but for now I'm content with just saying wow.
ReplyDeleteLots of good questions, Martin. Think about how expensive computers initially were vs. how much they cost now. On a smaller scale, think about how expensive thumb-drives were when they first came out. Now you can buy 1 Tb hard-drives for less than $100, or multi-Gb thumb-drives for a few bucks. My guess is that the applications of this technology would be less about us writing on it than about putting thin, light display units in previously impossible places: on clothes, in WAY smaller phones/tablets/devices, under human skin, etc.
ReplyDeleteman this is crazy!!!! New way to be lazy, images on paper. Soon well be able to have full feature films as tatoos on our skin.I foresee Professors and teachers alike having a big issue with this in the near future. Good luck with catching people watching T.V in your class now Hart. lol!!
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