Another day, another world’s first – this time it is the Arizona State University’s Flexible Display Center (FDC) alongside their military and industry partners who have stumbled upon the first active-matrix display with a flexible touchscreen in the world. This device will utilize an active-matrix electrophoretic display tech from E-Ink Corp., coupled with materials from DuPont Teijin Films to create the flexible touchscreen, rendering today’s typical glass touchscreens uselss. It will be interesting to see how such a flexible touchscreen will make an impact in the world of gizmos, and it is also pretty power efficient since power is drawn only when content shown is changed and not when displayed. The FDC is looking at an 18 month period at the very least before the first consumer applications featuring flexible touchscreens roll out.
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