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July 27, 2010 11:00 AM
In the July/August MIT Technology Review was an article Inexpensive, Unbreakable Displays that discussed some of the efforts at HP to create a process for roll-to-roll silicon electronics on plastic. The full article goes into quite a bit of detail about the process as well as some of the potential applications. No doubt, it is quite a shift from the brittle single crystal silicon solutions in electronics today.
Although it looks like silver wrapping paper, the material created by this process contains thousands of silicon transistors per square inch. One of the applications for this 'roll' are electronic displays that are lighter, lower cost and applicable to more applications. There are efforts for color as well as black and white.
More about this effort can be found in this artcle about electronic paper, including a brief video about the effort.It is one of many efforts by HP related to flexible displays.
The question is - what is the next usage we haven't thought of yet?
Originally posted on The Next Big Thing blog
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| Charles Bess has worked in the Information Technology industry for about 30 years supporting a variety of large organizations and industries. Charlie has performed a variety of formal and technical leadership roles throughout EDS and now HP. He is a licensed professional engineer and in 2002, a senior member of IEEE and was recognized as a Fellow within HP for his focus on value delivery and innovation. Currently he is focused on the Chief Technologist functional relationship between HP and its largest clients. In addition to these activities, Charlie has also worked as a public speaker, advisor to SMUs MBA program and supported engineering and computer science activities at Purdue University and University of North Texas. He’s been blogging on technology and business value related topics since early 2003. |  |
