It's fair to say that here at WDC we get excited by new technologies. Barely a day passes in the office without an email getting sent round showcasing some new weird and wonderful gadget, even if it's still in the nuts and bolts form of the production phase.
Sony is very good at providing us with such fodder, and its repeated the trick this morning with development details of a new "Rollable" 4.1in OLED OTFT colour screen. Sony used a host of new processes and materials to produce the screen, though the press release uses jargon beyond even our geekish comprehension.
It's interesting to consider the implications of the technology however. Imagine, for example, having an extendable screen on the rear of you Sony Alpha DSLR, or an OLED photoframe which you could roll up and place in your photobag on your travels? Have a look at the video on the Sony webpage and let us know if you can think of any possible implementations of the technology in our comments section.
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May 27 13:50
James
It's clear that this technology will soon be used to produce an LCD 'scroll' for large screen products such as portable TV or large screen cell phones - very exciting times.
May 27 21:50
malc
Could be combined with a portable x-ray or magnetic scan system for on the spot medical diagnosis
May 28 12:50
Salord
I can imagine this technology going straight to video, not stills photography. Imagine video- recordable greetings cards (Harry Potter was there first), video advertising wrapped around lamp- posts, and of course, we'll all be able to sell space on the back of our jackets for blue-tooth activated Google video advertising!
May 28 13:10
Alan Wood
Maps! If this can be made A5 in size, it can be wrapped scroll-like around a couple of tubes containing GPS, batteries and the necessary gubbins and we could have a fantastic large screen device for showing detailed OS maps.