This stretchable display unlocks an infinite number of possibilities.

This stretchable technology goes beyond expanding its size, though, as you can freely twist, extrude, and fold it without damaging the screen.

  • Fermion@feddit.nlEnglish
    34·
    3 days ago

    Someone should make a mask with this that continually changes the appearance of the wearers face to confuse ai surveillance tracking.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    Those look pretty cool, Im not sure where I would use it yet, but I’m sure they will end up being useful for various things. A lot of displays in dashboard look displeasing to the eye to me, I’m sure curving screens could help with that. I foresee many a dick joke being made with them as well. (Couldn’t help myself)

    • SolNine@lemmy.mlEnglish
      17·
      3 days ago

      You aren’t thinking corporate profit centric uses…

      We can put these on clothing so people can sell their personal ad space to companies!

      Look at me, I am the billboard now!

      • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        Don’t we already do that when we buy branded ANYTHING? Hell, most people pay MORE for certain brands instead of less because you’re literally advertising for that brand.

        • SolNine@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Haha kind of, depends on the individual! Most of my clothes don’t have a visible label these days.

    • Blxter@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      I’m waiting for a screen/phone I can use like those wrist bracelets you slap on when you were younger and then take off and extend to be a phone and maybe extend so far to be a tablet.

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Couldn’t they just use our existing curved screen technology that we see on gaming and work station monitors? The real innovation here is being stretchy and moldable and i doubt those features are needed for a dashboard.

    • argh_another_username@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Malls could use this screens around columns. It would probably make those phones’ edges easier to make. Foldable screens could benefit from this too. As you said dashboards in cars would be prettier. Since they’re malleable, it would probably be easier to make curved displays. Your watch could display information around your wrist. Fashion people could even use this thing around necks and wrists. I don’t know, I could think many industries could use this.

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Randomly stretched screen would be even more displeasing to eyes I guess.

      I wonder if it can make regular screens more abuse-proof.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
    61·
    3 days ago

    This is a “Solution Before Problem™” but still extremely cool as a technology

    Edit: also dont foldable screens stretch already? Or how do they compensate for the length difference between folded and unfolded, esoecially on the huawei with 2 folds for example. And the other thing is if they have stretchable screens, could they have stretchable semiconductors? Its cool but my philosophy is that you should always strive for simplicity and one piece of a device should only so its own thing. If you have a hinge its okay but suddenly when you fold a bunch of other things thats too much. Thats for example why i think the ds/3ds is a brilliant design while every single foldable phone is useless. IMO foldable screens are usefull where it only does one thing like on a curved screen. Thats on optimization where they manufacture one panel but the company that makes the monitor can put a curve on it in the factory. This is MY OPINION so it doesnt have to be currect. Also sorry for the rant.

    • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      3 days ago

      I’m not familiar with the phones you mentioned, but folding and unfolding something doesn’t stretch it or change its length. Think about folding and unfolding a piece of paper.

      • yuri@pawb.socialEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        it does though! even for very thin objects like a sheet of paper, bending anything will stretch/squish material depending on whether it’s on the inside or outside of the bend. that’s why paper becomes creased when it’s folded!

        an easy way to think about it is with tubes. the inside circumference is always smaller than the outside because when you introduce a curve you’re either lengthening the outside, shortening the inside, or both.

        • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          3 days ago

          Sure, I agree that there’s some amount of stretching, but not really an amount that’s noticeable on a human scale. Like if you creased one piece of paper then laid it out next to an uncreased piece, you’re not really going to see a length difference.

          • yuri@pawb.socialEnglish
            5·
            3 days ago

            you’re pretty much right! there is a difference, but one fold won’t be largely discernible on something like a piece of paper.

            the initial comment was about foldable screens though, which are both expected to fold more then just the once, and are also much more prone to failure as a result of inter-layer stress.

            the issue isn’t that you see the screen deforming, rather the tiny deformations you can’t see are causing issues like delamination or seemingly random failure. but hey, extra stretchy screens could, if not entirely fix, at least mitigate this particular problem!