real "bent" computing

[Taro Toporific]

Via the juliaset tech-blog....

Bendable Computer Processor
A new invention from Japan that makes wearable computers a step closer to reality: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. has successfully developed a film-thin, pliable processor that is expected to be commercialized in 2007. ...more...

[Socratesabroad]

Yeah, I remember reading about bendable screens/diodes a while back. There was a good article 1 Jul 03 in the Japan Times and one here http://www.computing.co.uk/Analysis/1141858 about Sony's Computer Science Labs http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/ and Interaction Labs http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/IL/. As I recall, Sony is still working on Gummi:

The so-called Gummi is far from perfect, as the lab is still waiting for its first truly bendable organic light-emitting display (Oled).

But the idea is to exploit the flexibility inherent in newly developed materials such as the organic screen.

Built and designed by Poupyrev, German designer Carsten Schwesig and Japanese designer Eijiro Mori, the prototype consists of a flexible Oled, electronic circuits, a touch-sensitive panel on the back of the device and an embedded sensor which measures bending.

The resulting device would be extremely thin and highly flexible, and would have no mechanical parts.

Bendable media cards could take the form of city maps or mini photo albums, making flicking through them as easy as flipping through the pages of a book.