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LG's Flexible Displays Go Into Mass Production

By Rain Noe - April 2, 2012

in Tech

LG has announced that their new flexible display technology is ready for prime time. With factories humming, the company will be releasing a six-inch black-and-white EPD (Electronic Paper Display) by the beginning of next month, starting with the European market.

The plastic device is bendable up to 40 degrees and utilizes e-ink technology, whereby black/white "pixels" are suspended in a substrate, so no power is drawn when the page is static. Previous attempts at creating flexible displays have resulted in a fragile product, but LG claims that despite being incredibly thin—just 0.7mm!—they've realized an unspecified manufacturing breakthrough that enables "strong durability."

We'll keep you posted as the launch date solidifies.

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GeorgeP

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I have the perfect job for this new object. Church bulletins/liturgy/hymnal handouts. These normally get printed by the hundreds, used for an hour, and hopefully recycled. Everyone already turns the paper ones back in, and you would hope with a church congregation the cool new tech wouldn't disappear. Operas? Tech presentations? Start replacing paper, not just creating floppy ipads.
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