Flexible display technology has long been touted as a differentiating factor for the smartphones of the future, but many of the use cases we've heard about have focused on increased durability. Researchers at Queens University's Human Media Lab are looking at a different use with a prototype device called the MorePhone. The MorePhone can actually "morph" its shape to silently but very noticeably alert users to a phone call, message, or any other notification you choose. The flexible, electrophoretic display — which looks quite similar to the flexible e-paper display LG showed off last year —is able to change shape thanks to shape memory alloy wires beneath the display that contract when a notification is received. The phone's entire...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/26/4271434/morephone-prototype-flexible-shape-shifting-display
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