Wednesday, April 19, 2006

TV's Flexible Future - CBS News

TV's Flexible Future - CBS News
Prototype of flexible display screen that is unfurled and then rolled back up into the cylinder case. (CBS)


(CBS) In the orange light of the clean room at the Universal Display Corporation, scientists are working on technology that would make Buck Rogers smile, reports CBS News Correspondent Jim Axelrod.

"As you can see it's quite flexible," says Anna Chwang, senior scientist, as she displays a paper thin film with images running across it.

It uses something called "OLEDs" (organic light emitting devices), a thin film of chemicals, 1/10,000 of an inch thick, that turns an electronic signal into a picture, much like a television does.

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