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PHOLED technology: A breakthrough for flexible displays

By Rain Noe - October 18, 2010

in Tech | Object Culture

Right now one of the things holding back the possibility of flexible or even rollable screens is the juice required to power them. But a company called Universal Display Corporation has recently developed a display technology called PHOLED, or Phosphorescent OLED, that's reportedly four times more efficient than a regular LED display. They were able to build a 4.3" PHOLED onto a thin metal foil, in turn built by LG Display, making a flexible wrist-mounted screen that can display full motion graphics and has reportedly been ruggedized (in an unspecified way); the reduced battery requirements of the technology should lead to truly wearable displays.

Unsurprisingly, the U.S. Military is getting first crack at the devices, as eight of them have just been submitted to an Army R&D branch for evaluation and testing. Presumably, soldiers will be able to use the tech to help save or take lives, depending on the situation, then down the line you'll be able to use it to Tweet that the guy next to you on the bus doesn't smell so good, or you can take us all out of suspense and finally Facebook Update on what you had for lunch, et cetera. Can't wait!

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David Masury

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Now the NFL quartebacks can get full game plans on the go during a game or watch another game while on the side lines. The possibilities are endless.
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Jacob Fine

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Universal Displays corp. has got something brewing and I think is a company everyone should be keeping an eye on. OLEDs are going to be the next big thing in design.
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Camille

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Amazing! This is great news.
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Iain McCall

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This could be really interesting to a client of mine. Wearable, low power, flexible, display technology. Yes please.
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