Flexible-display phones could be just around the bend (video) February 17, 2016 - 23:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Flexible smartphones have been in testing behind closed doors for a while, but the emergence of a fully-malleable prototype handset suggests they're close to becoming a thing, Digital Spy said. Researchers from Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Canada have revealed a bendable Android device called ReFlex. The experimental smartphone is equipped with a 720p flexible OLED touchscreen from LG, with bend sensors and haptic feedback monitors on board. The prototype handset, which runs Android 4.4, offers a glimpse at a next-generation smartphone interface with more than a hint of sci-fi about it. Video footage shows the research team playing Angry Birds with a bendy control system, launching their irate avians by flexing the device. They also demonstrate how users could flick through the pages of a digital comic book using the same method. Several major tech companies, including Samsung and LG, are ploughing resources into flexible mobile devices, and the ReFlex offers a sneak peek at how their first wave of malleable phones could function. Photo: Queen's University Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |