Opened a random one: <a href="https://repo.aalto.fi/uncategorized/IO_b81c4b91-a275-40b5-9b0b-79e50e55f92a/" rel="nofollow">https://repo.aalto.fi/uncategorized/IO_b81c4b91-a275-40b5-9b...
Well, that aged differently, on different fronts...
All set aside, I did always wonder, why the screen has to fold (be flexible), surely a very thin line between 2 hard screens is very workable, perhaps it is even possible to make it (almost) invisible with some optical tricks at the touching edges.
Another point: It is easy to think of such things, it's the manufacturing and specifically manufacturing at scale that is the real work. That's why I think patents can really hold us back, by blocking the market from trying stuff because a company made some nice drawings (coming from a guy that was in a company that wanted to "blanket some markets" with patents). Perhaps we could have had our flying cars ;)
Btw, that last slide is very much like the communicator from Earth: Final Conflict [0], but then again, what can you make with a rolling screen?
The most insane flexible screen proposal from Nokia was the "nanotech" one - Nokia Morph [1], where the phone "normal" candybar shape was formed out of folding it twice with a clip for speakers - you would pull the clip and unfold it into something akin to A5 or A4 paper. Future sounded bright with software defined tactile buttons and the like.
Looks amazing! And absolutely reminded of this scene from Silicon Valley: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFsRif1wVGs" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFsRif1wVGs
martin_balsam · · focus · HN ↗
third slide...
teekert · · focus · HN ↗
All set aside, I did always wonder, why the screen has to fold (be flexible), surely a very thin line between 2 hard screens is very workable, perhaps it is even possible to make it (almost) invisible with some optical tricks at the touching edges.
Another point: It is easy to think of such things, it's the manufacturing and specifically manufacturing at scale that is the real work. That's why I think patents can really hold us back, by blocking the market from trying stuff because a company made some nice drawings (coming from a guy that was in a company that wanted to "blanket some markets" with patents). Perhaps we could have had our flying cars ;)
Btw, that last slide is very much like the communicator from Earth: Final Conflict [0], but then again, what can you make with a rolling screen?
[0] <a href="https://earthfinalconflict.fandom.com/wiki/Global" rel="nofollow">https://earthfinalconflict.fandom.com/wiki/Global
p_l · · focus · HN ↗
[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs
tommica · · focus · HN ↗