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26th May 2010, 06:17 PM
Sony unveils super-thin OLED screen that can be rolled around a pencil.
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:35 AM on 27th May 2010
Add to My Stories Sony has developed was it calls 'the world's first' flexible colour video screen, that is so sheer it can be rolled around a pencil.
The Japanese electronics giant created the 4.1" across prototype using an ultra-thin flexible material covered in organic semiconductors.
The OLED screen has a 432 x 240 resolution with a 1000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of 100cd/m2.
The ultra-thin screen continues to show a clear picture even when it is rolled
A video shows how the 0.08mm thick screen continues to show clear moving images even when it is rolled in and out.
It could one day be used in a host of flexible mobile devices, television, electronic newspapers and magazines.
'Even after 1,000 cycles of repeatedly rolling-up and stretching the display, there was no clear degradation in the display's ability to reproduce moving images', a Sony spokesman said.
Watch a video of the screen in action...
Sony is not the only Japanese firm developing long-lasting flexible displays. Public broadcaster NHK have worked on similar techniques in recent years.
Japan's department of New Energy and Industrial Technologies (Nedo) is also leading a research programme in a bid to create a manufacturing chain for the displays similar to the way newspapers are printed.
The prototype screen will be presented at a conference tomorrow on the sidelines of the Society for Information Display (SID) exhibition in Seattle.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1281620/Sony-unveils-super-OLED-screen-rolled-pencil.html#ixzz0p5X2cZTr
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:35 AM on 27th May 2010
Add to My Stories Sony has developed was it calls 'the world's first' flexible colour video screen, that is so sheer it can be rolled around a pencil.
The Japanese electronics giant created the 4.1" across prototype using an ultra-thin flexible material covered in organic semiconductors.
The OLED screen has a 432 x 240 resolution with a 1000:1 contrast ratio and a brightness of 100cd/m2.
The ultra-thin screen continues to show a clear picture even when it is rolled
A video shows how the 0.08mm thick screen continues to show clear moving images even when it is rolled in and out.
It could one day be used in a host of flexible mobile devices, television, electronic newspapers and magazines.
'Even after 1,000 cycles of repeatedly rolling-up and stretching the display, there was no clear degradation in the display's ability to reproduce moving images', a Sony spokesman said.
Watch a video of the screen in action...
Sony is not the only Japanese firm developing long-lasting flexible displays. Public broadcaster NHK have worked on similar techniques in recent years.
Japan's department of New Energy and Industrial Technologies (Nedo) is also leading a research programme in a bid to create a manufacturing chain for the displays similar to the way newspapers are printed.
The prototype screen will be presented at a conference tomorrow on the sidelines of the Society for Information Display (SID) exhibition in Seattle.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1281620/Sony-unveils-super-OLED-screen-rolled-pencil.html#ixzz0p5X2cZTr