Sony Working on Oragami Phones
28 March 2007 by axxxr Sony’s Tokyo labs have filed a patent on a clever way to get bulky electronic devices into small pockets. The boffins at Sony’s Tokyo labs are working on a clever way to get bulky electronic devices into small pockets. Their plan is to create handheld computers, phones and portable games consoles that fold up for carrying and then become rigid for use. The body and screen of folding gadgets would be made from a flexible polymer containing conductive rubber bracing struts filled with a gel of aluminosilicate particles suspended in silicone oil.When a current is passed through the struts, the particles clump together and harden the gel, making the gadget solid enough to use. Sony has found that it would take very little power to make such a folding device harden, so the drain on its battery should be low. SONY's patent adds that the transition from soft to hard takes just milliseconds. It suggests that the same technique could even be used in a video game controller to make it jolt or change shape in response to on-screen action. source:Patent Page newscientist concept below via:yankodesign 
Comments On 29 Mar 10:14 NIck wrote Well, i design change and perhaps wed rething our ideas............. On 29 Mar 08:50 manfran wrote Wow, a talking ass-wipe! Very clever! On 29 Mar 08:32 Greg wrote What a piece of junk. Your new phone could easily be mistaken for scrap paper and thrown out. On 28 Mar 19:04 chris wrote talking paper, no thank you very kindly On 28 Mar 15:14 vincebio wrote so this is where the budget went when they removed the backwards compatibilty chips of the PS3..oh joy what a load of crap |
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