{"id":4766,"date":"2016-01-06T10:40:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T10:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/?p=270434"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:41:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T10:41:29","slug":"an-18-inch-video-display-you-can-roll-up-like-a-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2016\/01\/06\/an-18-inch-video-display-you-can-roll-up-like-a-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"An 18-inch video display you can roll up like a newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_270475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 469px;  border: 1px solid #dddddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; text-align:center; display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\"><img class=\" wp-image-270475\" title=\"roll-up TV\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/roll-up-TV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"274\" \/><p style=' padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0;'  class=\"wp-caption-text\">(credit: LG)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>LG is creating a buzz at CES with its concept demo of the world\u2019s first display that can be rolled up like a newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>LG says they&#8217;re aiming for 4K-quality 55-inch screens (the prototype resolution is 1,200 by 810 pixels), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-35230043\" ><em>BBC<\/em> reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The trick:\u00a0 switching from LED to thinner, more-flexible OLED technology (<span id=\"ext-gen140\">organic light-emitting diodes), allowing for a 2.57 millimeter-thin display.<\/span> One limitation: the screen can&#8217;t be flattened.<\/p>\n<p>What this design might be useful for in the future is not clear, but <span id=\"ext-gen139\">experts suggest the technology could soon be used on smartphones and\u00a0in-car screens that curve around a vehicle&#8217;s interior, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-3384028\/The-TV-roll-like-newspaper-LG-unveil-flexible-screens-used-smartphones-cars.html\" ><em>Daily Mail<\/em> notes<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>LG is also displaying a 55-inch <span>double-sided display\u00a0that&#8217;s as thin as a piece of paper and shows different video images on each side, and <\/span>two 65-inch &#8220;extreme-curve&#8221; TVs that bend inwards and outwards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/videos\/\" >CNET CES Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LG is creating a buzz at CES with its concept demo of the world&rsquo;s first display that can be rolled up like a newspaper. LG says they&rsquo;re aiming for 4K-quality 55-inch screens (the prototype resolution is 1,200 by 810 pixels), BBC reports. The trick:&nbsp; switching from LED to thinner, more-flexible OLED technology (organic light-emitting diodes), [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,51,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-entertainmentnew-media","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4767,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4766\/revisions\/4767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}