Next is HP (Hewlett Packard) to announce the release of a new prototype flexible screen that can roll up on itself like a sheet of paper.
HP also announced that the technology, called SAIL (see below) can produce low-cost flexible displays (Low Cost Flexible Display), mainly due to a simplified manufacturing.
Even if we're talking about a prototype, it is important to know that the process is already in pre-industrial stage, the stage before the mass production and therefore lower prices directly to the sale.
In addition, it is presented as very interesting ecologically because it employs, in equal volume, 90% less material than conventional displays which implies a lower energy than standard screens.
SAIL - flexible displays technology from HP
SAIL for Self-aligned imprint lithography.
Developed in partnership with the "Arizona State's Flexible Display Center (FDC)", the technique allows a correct display of information that takes into account the distortion of the substrate. Like a veil, the information is printed on the substrate so that they are perfectly aligned.
The material used to make this screen is a flexible plastic, lightweight and easily transportable. HP describes it as unbreakable.
The plastic sheet is presented in coil. This takes place gradually as the transistors are printed.
Among other applications, such as laptops or mobile phones, HP announced that SAIL will enable use for electronic or digital signatures.
Interviewed in PC Magazine, the director of the department of information surfaces at HP (Carl Taussig), stated that "in addition to economic production, SAIL technology provides a sustainable approach to production of panels ".
HP is positioning itself so clearly as a future key players in the sector flexible displays.
[...] Basic technology for flexible displays, currently still at the prototype stage. [...]