The industry's push to make smartphones cooler and lighter has taken yet another step closer to reality. <br />Local researchers have developed technology that allows screens to be folded easily and in a way that doesn't affect display quality. <br />Kim Ji-yeon reports. <br />How could smartphones look in the future? <br />Perhaps the screen could curl as if made out of paper... making it lighter and easier to carry. <br />That future may be closer than we think. <br />A local research group says it has developed a core technology that could make displays fold easily... by using transparent rubber that has a web of electrodes on the areas that fold. <br />That way the display quality would remain the same when folded, and it would not leave a scratch when unfolded again. <br /> <br /> <br />"We've placed the electrodes at the bridges connecting the displays so it could increase the elasticity of the folding screens." <br /> <br />The expert adds the technology could also help developers to create large displays by connecting smaller screens... without producing blind spots that typically affect larger displays. <br />He says the tech could also be useful in the development of wearable devices. <br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.
