It’s the Silly Putty of screens. LG has been showing off this ultra flexible display that can stretch up to 50%. What would you make with a squishy screen?
The company was able to achieve the feat by using silicon substrate and a proprietary wiring structure. It presumably wasn’t cheap to develop, but the company didn’t do it alone: With the backing of South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Korea Planning & Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology, LG did joint R&D on the project with 19 different domestic industry and research institutes.
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