Foldable Glass

[jos]

Demonstrated substrate platforms of glass and plastics, which can be reversibly and repeatedly foldable at pre designed location(s) without any mechanical failure or deterioration in device performances. There is no need to adopt any novel materials such as nanowires, carbon nanotubes, graphene, etc. the whole sample can be folded twice (dual folding), folding along the x-direction first followed by another folding along the orthogonal y-direction, which reduces the sample size down to 1/4 of its original size. 

 

 

Now we can have phone which can be opened up to be tab in future..

Source: http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=41034.php

[Pugs501]

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[techswede]

 

There is no need to adopt any novel materials such as nanowires, carbon nanotubes, graphene, etc

.. I don't like the sound of that

[Ohlyver]

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Apple will soon introduce the revolutionary : iPholde

[Pugs501]

Apple will soon introduce the revolutionary : iPholde

I swore i thought that said "iPhobia"

[PudgyAstronaut]

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Windows that are also curtains

Glasses that stack flat in your cabinets

Phones that roll up into a small tube

Uh...

 

Someone keep it going

[Pugs501]

Phones that roll up into a small tube

can Circuits roll yet?

[Ohlyver]

I swore i thought that said "iPhobia"

The phobia of a folding iphone

[Ohlyver]

can Circuits roll yet?

Some part of a circuit could be made out of thin flexible material, however things like CPU and ram might not get to the flex scene anytime soon

[Pugs501]

Some part of a circuit could be made out of thin flexible material, however things like CPU and ram might not get to the flex scene anytime soon

so yea

[Ohlyver]

Windows that are also curtains

How could someone want a totaly transparent curtain which is also the window it cover?

[dragosudeki]

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It would be more applicable if you can perhaps harden the glass. Then you wouldn't have to worry about pieces of glass not fitting. Perhaps glass tubing could become much easier to do. We all know the future is round, and so foldable/bendable glass will help us enable that.

[LucidMew]

How could someone want a totaly transparent curtain which is also the window it cover?

 

Ok fine Mr. SmartyPants, What about having a window that is foldable revealing the screen. You get to have 100% of the doorway to airflow, instead of just half with a sliding door, or have a large chunk of it stick out for pivoting windows/doors.

[Swndlr]

Apple will soon introduce the revolutionary : iPholde

Thought they already did that

 

[Snickerzz]

can Circuits roll yet?

or batteries?

[Pugs501]

or batteries?

I think I remember a Vsauce2 Mind Blown about Flexible Batteries

[Shaade]

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Portable windows!

[FaZe Booce]

Apple will soon introduce the revolutionary : iPholde

They already did. iPhone 6 Plus.

 

Thought they already did that

 

god dammit i was beat to it.

[PudgyAstronaut]

can Circuits roll yet?

 

Yeah, I think the trickiest parts are the screen parts, battery, and SOC itself, most of the connecting circuitry can no problem

[PudgyAstronaut]

How could someone want a totaly transparent curtain which is also the window it cover?

 

tint that man... then you can open the windows to let some nice breeze in... haha idk

[Ohlyver]

They already did. iPhone 6 Plus.

god dammit i was beat to it.

It was an unassumed prototype

[Mattb6288]

flip phones are gonna make a come back... I can feel it haha.

[Bsmith]

this would be an awesome idea for people that switch between a single and dual monitor set-up the whole time.

 

*working on pc*

hmmm

*slips it open*

ahh there is the file, you sneaky bastard!

[Maslofski]

flip phones, the best kind of phones