I think e-readers are a great piece of technology. Offerings such as the Amazon Kindle, the B&N Nook, and even the iPad are making it easy (and often cheaper) to get a book and read on the go. The ability to carry a library of books around in one device is really cool.
Think of how much cooler it would be if it became thin enough to roll it up to take it with you?
Well, that technology is coming:
Scientists at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) worked hard on this. The solution came to them in a very unique way:
ITRI tried and failed 63 times to figure out a way to lift the finished screen from the piece of glass before a night out watching a cook led them to the result.
The cook used oil to lift thin Taiwanese crepe from a hot pan, fully intact. ITRI came up with a similar way to add a not-too-sticky material between the flexible display and the glass that enabled them to lift the flexible screen off the glass without a problem.
Scientific solutions from crepes. Who woulda thunk it?
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