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Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls

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Post by legohead » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 5:56 PM UTC

Kludgist wrote: post #17

While it's dangerous to make predictions about the future of technology, I don't foresee any mobile product coming out that isn't "flat." How is anyone supposed to fit that into a pocket? Even in a purse or messenger bag it would be unwieldy.

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Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

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Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls

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Post by acomjean » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 7:31 PM UTC

callesgg wrote: post #20

When is it okay to say something is engineering vs science? Personally I would classify this as engineering. Not so sure...

Engineering is applied science. Scientists discover the lower level principles, engineers package that into a product.

Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls

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Post by setr » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 7:33 PM UTC

Kludgist wrote: post #17

While it's dangerous to make predictions about the future of technology, I don't foresee any mobile product coming out that isn't "flat." How is anyone supposed to fit that into a pocket? Even in a purse or messenger bag it would be unwieldy.

I'm going to purchase this and make every intern have one, using it to run and read out information to me, so I can finally start my quest to become a technomongolian warlord

Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls

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Post by agitator » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 7:34 PM UTC

The technology is cool, and I can see the flexible displays being used for putting displays on oddly shaped surfaces, and for other applications where you have somewhere a screen can roll into.

But the concept video feels like an April fools joke, or something you would see from the 90s before they came up with better UX. It just doesn't seem as useable or robust as a simple flat surface. Perhaps this technology will allow phones to be even thinner.