Wrist-worn flexible OLED prototype is for the military, but kids like it too
By Tim Stevens 
posted Jan 6th 2009 10:18AM
posted Jan 6th 2009 10:18AM
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Something tells me the NFL could implement this...think on the spot audibles w/ QB's or Linebackers.
It woudl definitely help replace that new wristband card they wear!
A jersey with OLED advertising,
I smell a slap bracelet comeback
Here's to the TECH2000's (and yes, in the 2010's it will seem as tacky as the original in the 80's)
Screw NFL QB's wearing it, I want it! Can anyone say Pip-boy?
"PIP-BOY!"
Pip-boy would be awesome,
now all we need is a nuclear fallout
oh dear God! a pdf!!! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!
The insides of it shouldn't be flexible too?
A flexible screen connected to 10 pounds of hardware! Woo!
Put some ingenuity into that thing and we have some Might Morphn Power Rangers
Imagine OLED stick on vehicle livery... Entire police cars could flash red and blue... Animated bonnet designs for custom car enthusiasts... Flashing "Don't follow me, follow Jesus" bumper stickers... Oh fu...
...It would increase the numbers of cars crashing tremendously. If not for because would be too distracting(epileptic people should worry?)... but because is too danm annoying.
wrist phones,cameras, name tags for conventions, it goes on and on
Multipass?
Yes yes, she know it's a multipass!
HAHA! That comment just made my day...
The movie was on recently on TV, and I didn't quite get to that part before I had to leave, but man oh man... It's like the most perfect movie ever made.
let me know when they come out with the slap bracelet version.
Im sure it has a military future as long as it can be durable in outside conditions it could be used for multiple things that i could think of possibly a heads up display or something along those lines
ummmm...can I buy some punctuation Vanna?
i see this doing amazing things for the raver community...
behold my EPILEPTIC ATTACK!
unless it comes in a twirl-able tube form, glow sticks well reign supreme!
This is a dream come true for people with bad tempers. Instead of throwing your phone at the wall, and having it still work with a cracked non-usable screen and getting 5 replacements a year, this screen will probably be a lot tougher. Now, how long will the hardware last with all the wall pelting
Forget the hardware... Think about the poor walls!
I'm not a kid (I can't remember if I have ever been one) but I like it too
I beg to differ with you on the military getting the cool stuff first. I've been working in the aerospace industry for 25 years. When I hired on, we were getting the coolest stuff first. Now, we operate on the the trailing edge of technology.
I went to AUSA (a big military conference/convention) in DC back in October. Tucked away in the corner of the "food" pavilion was some OLED tech, including the Sony tv. They had a number of flexible wrist-mounted displays on... display. Looked cool! But it won't take off until the chips needed to run and power them are smaller and flexible as well.
Take the Sony tv for example. Sure, you have an unbelievably thin screen but you have that big box underneath it. Same thing with what's pictured above. Nice display, but a massive array of fragile chips below it.
it's sad to know that they create a military spec' oled that could be shot with a bullet while in gazillion pounds of shock and pressure, but when in the consumer line you'll get a flimsy toyish gadget...
Well martin, you have a point, but then again the military can afford the extra ~1000 bucks per unit that ensures said durability. Personally, I don't want to have to take out a kidney to buy one of these puppies.
Flexible displays..................check
Fliexible electronincs ...........
Nokia Morph........................
:)
"the U.S. Army’s Flexible Display Center at
Arizona State University, of which Universal Display is a founding member."
To me that's just something not done, universities with army wings.
Perhaps some law should separate army from education because it seems america can't figure that out on themselves.
In Norway you'll get a bachelors degree if you attend the Naval, Army of Air Force academies...
That's different, I just think a regular school should not be under the influence like that of the government/army, have some self-respect and don't sell out.
This is awesome.