Flex for Real

摘要

The increasing reality of flexible technology was clear at Display Week 2014, where it appeared on the show floor, in the technical sessions, and as the subject of its own Market Focus Conference. e-Paper also appeared in its largest format yet. Someday, we are told, we will have electronic newspapers, maps, and other devices that fold up to fit into our pocket or purse. As with most technological advances, we will not get there overnight. We will not wake up tomorrow morning to read our pocket newspaper. Yet, there really are displays - at least prototypes - that roll up and keep working when rolled and unrolled. And there are a host of products and enabling materials such as films and substrates that are enabling the reality of flexibility. We did not have all that just a few years ago. Progress toward flexible displays is being made, and you could hear about it and see it at Display Week 2014.