Flexible OLED vs Hammer | The Coffeehouse

LeoDavidson

CLOMP! CLOMP! CLOMP!!!

Impressive technology, and now I really want to smash loads of stuff with a hammer. Gee, that looks like fun!

TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

That looks impressive. Not just the hammerability, but also the flexibility. Cool tech == cool.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

Impressive technology.

As for the background music in that video: I thought it was your typical K-pop music, but then I noticed the chorus was "ah-mo-led". It dawned on me: Samsung got a K-pop group to do a song extolling their AMOLED display technology.

vesuvius
Das Glasperlenspiel

The insurance companies for mobile phones must be over the moon at that advert. I didn't think devices were being built to last any more, but that looks promising.

ManipUni
Proving QQ for 5 years!

I'm not sure how impressed I am. Does the flexible screen support multi-touch? I know it sounds petty but in this day and age if it isn't multi-touch then it doesn't exist.

Day to day experience tells me that existing screens are actually very good and take very little damage. Which isn't to say that it cannot be improved yet further, just that the hammer test isn't fair and doesn't apply to every other screen on the market.

vesuvius
Das Glasperlenspiel

In reply to W3bbo

#Oct 16th @ 10:13 AM

I thought exactly the same, but must admit I just ignored it as I go into auto pilot when that kind of rubbish passes through my ears

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to ManipUni

#Oct 16th @ 10:19 AM

This is a display technology, support for touch-sensitivity is done with another layer. Capacitive touch surfaces (as used in the iPhone) can be transparent and somewhat flexible, but I'm no expert.

Also, I feel you're overstating multi-touch: it's useful only on hand-held devices. I don't see the need for it on desktops, larger laptops, and other displays. And on a tablet PC you'll want a Wacom digitizer, not a multi-touch unit: MT doesn't provide the ultra high-precision pressure senisitivity needed for working with a stylus.

ManipUni
Proving QQ for 5 years!

In reply to W3bbo

#Oct 16th @ 10:31 AM

Right. But my point was that touch often requires glass which would fail the "hammer test."

I was only talking about mobile devices. This technology has no place on desktops or laptops.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to ManipUni

#Oct 16th @ 10:33 AM

You don't need glass to have multi-touch (see the Dell TabletPC for example), Apple used glass in the iPod/iPhone because it doesn't scratch as easily, it's easier to clean, it makes the product seem more valuable, and other reasons like that.

LeoDavidson

In reply to ManipUni

#Oct 16th @ 10:19 AM

With this we can build all-over body-suit displays which make us look like Brad Pitt from at least one angle. Or maybe two Brad Pitt twins standing next to each other for fat people like me. And I could wrap my cat up in a screen and make her look like a little dog. If that isn't a useful technology then I don't know what is.

We just need bendy chips and batteries now.

ManipUni
Proving QQ for 5 years!

In reply to LeoDavidson

#Oct 16th @ 10:58 AM

LOL! Big Smile

spivonious

Wow that is really flexible! I think we're going to see a lot of screens where screens could never go before, like clothing and books.

figuerres
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In reply to ManipUni

#Oct 16th @ 10:33 AM

what about with kids? Kid tough games or in public use Where abuse & rough Use may be common?

ManipUni
Proving QQ for 5 years!

In reply to figuerres

#Oct 18th @ 10:59 AM

You assume that modern phones are weak, which isn't fair.

As I said the hammer test isn't remotely realistic. Unless you hand your kids a hammer and tell them to "go nuts." Plus just as an example laptop drops more often result in - Hard Drive Failure, Lose Connections/Disconnections (e.g. Motherboard to LCD), and the case its self getting a crack. I cannot remember the last time I ran across a screen that had gained a crack. More often they go dark for electrical reasons.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to vesuvius

#Oct 16th @ 10:17 AM

Insurance companies don't pay out that often for broken phones (which often aren't covered anyway), I'd say it's more stolen phones.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Neat, but I think the fact that they actually have a song about AMOLEDs is even funnier.

figuerres
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In reply to ManipUni

#Oct 18th @ 11:04 AM

I was not saying the hammer is / was a "good test".

just saying that i see possible uses for a though, thin display that can take rough use.

as for going nuts with a hammer .... heh I have seen some kids that just might be just about that harsh on stuff.

also the public use - like say bus terminals, trains, malls anywhere you want to display information but can not have really good supervsion of the display today we often make them giant screens 15 feet overhead in part to keep them out of reach.

with a really durable display i can picture them down lower and not so large.

also i am not sure why you say it has no place on desktops or laptops?

it looks like that stuff is REALLY thin... I would love a good sized flatpanel that was anywhere near that thin and light.

look at wall mounted tv's today... then imagine hanging them up like a poster! with say a few pins on the corners or some tape!

while more of the weight of a laptop is the base with the hard disk and the battery - still the screen is part of the weight and the thickness.