Flexible, Paper-Thin Smart Phone

Flexible, Paper-Thin Smart Phone

PaperPhone is a thin film smart phone and interactive paper computer, based on a 3.7″ flexible electrophoretic (E Ink) display that only uses electricity when it’s refreshed. Thin film sensors allow the phone to respond to bending of the screen to navigate pages in ebooks, play MP3s, make phone calls, or navigate apps.

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Paper-Thin Energy Storage

Paper-Thin Energy Storage

Researchers from Rice University have discovered a way to create free-standing supercapacitors with the ability to store and release energy over thousands of cycles.

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Robotic Flight

Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot that flies like a seagull by, get this, flapping its wings. Amazing.

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