Flexible touchscreens made by ASU

The first flexible touchscreen display has been created by Arizona State University’s Flexible Display Center. ASU’s Flexible Display Center has already made several advances in flexible displays, but this is the first with a touchscreen. There is no glass in this display.

The display responds to both regular touch and styluses, which probably means it is a resistive touchscreen. There are two major touchscreen technologies, resistive and capacitive. Resistive touchscreens respond to pressure whereas capacitive responds to changes in electrical input.

Since this display is using E Ink, the device only uses power to turn the pages. Since the FDC is partially backed by the government, expect to wait on this technology. I would imagine the military uses of this kind of technology will probably get priority before it trickles down to regular folks.

Here is a video showing the durability of ASU’s displays.

School Site [ASU]