One more revolution in Phone inventions

A new smartphone called PaperPhone, has been developed by researchers at Queen’s University in Canada and Arizona State University in the United States. It does everything an iPhone does, but its 3.7 inch diagonal bendable E Ink display has sensors that can react to a user’s touch and flex.

“This is the future. Everything is going to look and feel like this within five years,” said PaperPhone’s creator Dr Roel Vertegaal, director of Queen’s University Human Media Lab, in a press release.

“This computer looks, feels, and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper. You interact with it by bending it into a cell phone, flipping the corner to turn pages, or writing on it with a pen.”In a Human Media Lab video, the researchers demonstrate how a user can program the PaperPhone to learn different “bend gestures” to perform various functions on the device, such as scrolling through menus, flipping pages, or making or answering a phone call.

In addition to the PaperPhone, the team will also demonstrate a thinfilm wristband computer called Snaplet at the Vancouver conference. When removed from the wrist and held flat, it opens up a notebook application that can be written on using a pen.

Courtesy:
The Epoch Times