Just imagine, tablet computers you can roll up like a newspaper, or. Bendable phones right around the corner, says samsung exec imagine a tablet computer you could roll up like a newspaper. The paperthin phone signals with a curved bottom left corner. When in a convex shape on the wrist, snaplet functions as a watch and media player. This computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper, vertegaal says. T2 29th annual chi conference on human factors in computing systems, chi 2011. New paper computer shows flexible future for smartphones and. Mar 31, 2016 human media lab director roel vertegaal says on the human media lab website that flexible smartphones will be in the hands of consumers within five years. The inspiration for the project came from, you guessed it, paper. Bitdrone prototypes hover around calvin rubens, roel. Paper thin, flexible smartphones will make iphone obsolete, researcher says. A team of researchers at the queens university human media lab put together this flexible, ultrathin phone out of electronic paper.
May 06, 2011 a team of researchers at the queens university human media lab put together this flexible, ultrathin phone out of electronic paper. May 06, 2011 flexible phone made from electronic paper to debut. May 06, 2011 inventor roel vertegaal, the director of queens university human media lab in kingston, ontario, said. Professor roel vertegaal, the director of queens university human media lab, created the paperphone, which is. Proceedings of the 6th international conference on tangible and embedded interaction 2012, kingston, ontario, canada, february 1922, 2012. Called paperphone, its described as a flexible iphone by its inventor, roel vertegaal, the director of the human media lab at queens university. Forget tapping, navigate this flexible phone prototype by bending. Experts say it could soon replace everything from tablet to tv screens. May 07, 2011 the research and experiments conducted in association with arizona state university has lead to some breakthrough discoveries into the use of flexible electronic paper displays and eink, which enables users to communicate with digital devices using programmable bend gestures. The smartphone prototype paper phone does everything a smartphone does, like store books, play music or make phone calls.
Roel vertegaal, the director of the human media lab at queens university, says a smartphone with a bendable screen will open the door to new kinds of interactions with computers. You can turn pages of a book, and launch an explosive angry bird into the sky, by grabbing this phone at the ends and bending it the smartphone. Paper computer shows flexible future for smartphones and tablets a new flexible computer that looks and feels like a sheet of paper could replace smartphones in. Try our free white pages search to find address and phone information. May 08, 2011 researchers demonstrate flexible epaper phone. Roel vertegaal, ceo of human media lab, inc who has worked with flexible and folding displays for 15 years including the influential paperfold folding smartphone, thinks that samsungs decision to place the flexible display on the inside, like a book, might be the primary cause of its technical problems. Bend it three years from now, and it could snap a photo or turn a page in an e book. May 06, 2011 the futuristic phone is about as thin as a credit card but more flexible, less than onesixth the weight of an iphone 4 and has a 3. Everything samsung needs to fix to stop the galaxy fold. Flexible phone made from electronic paper to debut the. Apr 24, 2019 roel vertegaal, ceo of human media lab, inc who has worked with flexible and folding displays for 15 years including the influential paperfold folding smartphone, thinks that samsungs decision.
Since the paper phone can store a lot of documentsinformation digitally, offices may turn paperless soon, no longer using papers or printers and in no time. Roel vertegaal, ceo of human media lab, inc who has worked with flexible and folding displays for 15 years including the influential paperfold folding smartphone, thinks that. Spencer, ylva fernaeus, audrey girouard, sergi jorda. He is best known for his pioneering work on flexible and paper computers. Roel vertegaal has been working on this cuttingedge concept with the help of audrey girouard, byron lahey and winslow burleson. N2 flexible displays potentially allow for interaction styles that resemble those used in paper documents.
Human media lab introduces shapechanging smartphone w video. Everything is going to look and feel like this within five years, said creator dr roel vertegaal. Snaplet is a paper computer in the form of a bracelet. Inventor roel vertegaal, the director of queens university human media lab in kingston, ontario, said. Roel vertegaal is a dutchcanadian interaction designer, scientist, musician and. The paperphone purports to have all the capabilities of your standard smartphone playing music, displaying ebooks. The worlds first interactive paper computer or phone has been developed in canada, and it is set to revolutionise the world of interactive computing. Human media lab has 1 current team member, director roel vertegaal. Roel vertegaal also had opined that the paper less future is round the corner and maybe within five years, it may revolutionize the whole world with its interactive paper technology. Flexible phone made from electronic paper to debut bbc news. Roel vertegaal also had opined that the paperless future is round the corner and maybe within five years, it may revolutionize the whole world with its interactive paper technology. Flexible phone made from electronic paper to debut. Asu flexible display center teams on paperphone phoenix.
The millimetres thick prototype is built from the same eink technology found in amazons kindle e book reader and this is bonded to flex sensors and a touchscreen that interprets drawings and text written on it. May 05, 2011 with thinfilm technology, you can wear your phone right on your wrist. Human media lab introduces shapechanging smartphone w. Bending a corner of the screen, for example, will enable the paperphone to turn pages of an e book on its display. Researchers create that electronic paper stuff from minority.
Calls are dropped by returning its shape to a flat or convex shape. Queens universitys roel vertegaal says thinfilm phone will make. Paperphone flexible smartphone prototype, responds to. Researchers officially unveiled the concept in february at a conference in the netherlands. Researchers create paperthin cell phone consumer reports. New paper computer shows flexible future for smartphones.
Enter the paperphone, a paperthin smartphone capable of doing everything your current phone can except have a color screentake highres photosnot accidentally get thrown away like a hamburger wrapper. Vertegaal is set to officially unveil his paper computer at the association of computing machinerys computer human. Using several papertabs makes it much easier to work with multiple documents, says roel vertegaal, director of queens. Feb 17, 2016 you can turn pages of a book, and launch an explosive angry bird into the sky, by grabbing this phone at the ends and bending it the smartphone prototype, named reflex and designed by academics. Researchers demonstrate flexible epaper phone telegraph. A flexible display is an electronic visual display which is interest from numerous consumer. Researchers create that electronic paper stuff from.
A prototype flexible smart phone made of electronic paper has been created by canadian researchers. Byron lahey1,2, audrey girouard1, winslow burleson2 and roel vertegaal 1. You interact with it by bending it into a cell phone, flipping the corner to turn pages, or writing on it with a pen. With thinfilm technology, you can wear your phone right on your wrist. Khaama press was established in october 2010 by a highly team of young, professional and committed. Roel vertegaal at queens universitys human media lab in canada. Jan 06, 20 the papertab tablet looks and feels just like a sheet of paper. Bbc news flexible phone made from electronic paper to debut.
When held in a concave shape snaplet functions as a phone. Enter the slim paperphone technology australia the. Forget tapping, navigate this flexible phone prototype by. He is a professor at queens universitys school of computing where he directs the human media lab and is best known for his pioneering work on flexible and paper computers, with paperwindows 2004, paperphone 2010 and papertab.
The development of electronic paper computers that can adopt similar qualities to paper has been an enduring research goal for our team, he said. May 04, 2011 paper iphone could be next mobile revolution. May 07, 2011 enter the paperphone, a paper thin smartphone capable of doing everything your current phone can except have a color screentake highres photosnot accidentally get thrown away like a hamburger wrapper. Queens universitys roel vertegaal says thinfilm phone will make current smartphone obsolete in 5 to 10 years. The futuristic phone is about as thin as a credit card but more flexible, less than onesixth the weight of an iphone 4 and has a 3. Paul strohmeier, jesse burstyn, roel vertegaal, effects of display sizes on a scrolling task using a cylindrical smartwatch, proceedings of the 17th international conference on humancomputer interaction with mobile devices and services adjunct, august 2427, 2015, copenhagen, denmark. Roel vertegaal, director of queens universitys human media lab, the phone does everything a normal smartphone can. May 01, 2014 the inspiration for the project came from, you guessed it, paper. Described by its inventor, roel vertegaal of queens university, as a flexible iphone, the paper computer is scheduled to be unveiled on may 10 at the association of. An advanced thinfilm flexible paper computer has been developed through collaborative efforts of researchers at queens university in ontario, canada, and arizona state university. In these gifs, you can see how physical gestures allow users to interact with the hardware, as roel vertegaal, one of the researchers, explains in a press release.
While tech companies today are arguing about the thinness of their devices, a collaboration between the queens university in ontario and arizona stat. Flexible phones corners curl to tell you whos calling. Roel vertegaal phd queens university, kingston queensu. Flexible paper phone will be the phone of the future. May 06, 2011 professor roel vertegall and the team at the universitys human media lab have been engaged in creating a working prototype of a paper thin phone, which comes complete with many smartphone style. Paperphone bends, flexes, makes gumby jealous pcworld. Kingston, ontario, may 8 2011 the worlds first interactive paper computer is. Everything is going to look and feel like this within five years. Paperphone flexible smartphone prototype, responds to touch. Professor roel vertegall and the team at the universitys human media lab have been engaged in creating a working prototype of a paperthin phone, which comes complete with many smartphone style. Paperfold is a foldable, transformable smartphone prototype. Mobile devices with flexible electronic paper displays.
Clever bend sensor technology will make smartphone use easier. Bendable phones right around the corner, says samsung. Find email addresses and use our people search form. Kingston, ontario, may 8 2011 the worlds first interactive paper computer is set to revolutionize the world of interactive computing. The smart phone that wants you to bend it cbc news. May 05, 2011 described by its inventor, roel vertegaal of queens university, as a flexible iphone, the paper computer is scheduled to be unveiled on may 10 at the association of computing machinerys chi. This represents a completely new way of physical interaction with flexible smartphones, roel vertegaal, director of the human media lab, told. Roel vertegaal, professor of humancomputer interaction hci at queens universitys school of computing as well as lab director, expanded on what drove their research. When held flat in the hand it is a pda with notepad functionality. This flexible prototype is a glimpse at your future phone. May 09, 2011 paper computer shows flexible future for smartphones and tablets a new flexible computer that looks and feels like a sheet of paper could replace smartphones in five years, say its developers.
Flexible electronic paper epaper based displays were the first flexible. Living in the future queens gazette queens university. Examining input techniques for electronic book readers with. The khaama press news agency is the largest online news service for afghanistan. The verge this flexible phone prototype lets you flick through digital books. Paper iphone could be next mobile revolution technology. Most researchers use their institutional email address as their researchgate login. A prototype flexible smart phone made of electronic paper has been created. This computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper, said the devices creator, roel vertegaal, director of the universitys human media lab, in a statement. Everything samsung needs to fix to stop the galaxy fold from. Human media lab director roel vertegaal says on the human media lab website that flexible smartphones will be in the hands of. Roel vertegaal, the director of queens university human media lab and one. May 06, 2011 a prototype flexible smart phone made of electronic paper has been created by canadian researchers. Not only is it easy to hold, roel vertegaal, associate professor of computer science and director of the human media lab at queens university said, the durable material is better for.
The flexible oled display allows users to interact with the phone by twisting. Roel vertegaal, says the development of electronic paper computers that can adopt similar qualities to. The papertab tablet looks and feels just like a sheet of paper. The bendiest smartphone ever the end of the shattered. This computer looks, feels, and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper, says roel vertegaal, the inventor and director of the human media lab at queens university. Proceedings of the sigchi conference on human factors in computing systems. The new display is as thin as a piece of paper and can be twisted and bent without breaking.
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