{"id":22290,"date":"2016-02-18T06:48:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/worlds-first-wireless-flexible-smartphone-lets-you-feel-an-ebook"},"modified":"2017-06-04T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T17:53:43","slug":"worlds-first-wireless-flexible-smartphone-lets-you-feel-an-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/worlds-first-wireless-flexible-smartphone-lets-you-feel-an-ebook","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first wireless flexible smartphone lets you \u2018feel\u2019 an ebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sfc_Peev660?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Flexible smartphones were once talked about as being the \u2018next big thing\u2019 for the industry, but apart from the occasional limited demonstration at a convention, the hype surrounding the technology has died down \u2013 possibly because it\u2019s taking so long to arrive. But now, Canadian researchers have created a device that may be the first step toward a truly flexible smartphone screen.<\/p>\n<p>Created by researchers at Queen\u2019s University Human Media Lab, the prototype <a href=\"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/519d10a2e4b090350a2b66a0\/t\/56c29e7740261d0fad41f85d\/1455595179373\/ReFlex+TEI+2016.pdf\">ReFlex<\/a> is the world\u2019s first flexible smartphone to feature a full-color, high-resolution display and wireless technology.<\/p>\n<p>ReFlex uses a 720p LG Display Flexible OLED touchscreen and is powered by an Android 4.0 KitKat board mounted on the side of the display. It also features a voice coil that allows the phone to simulate forces and friction through highly detailed vibrations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/63839-world-first-wireless-flexible-smartphone-you-feel-ebook.html?utm_content=buffer90834&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flexible smartphones were once talked about as being the \u2018next big thing\u2019 for the industry, but apart from the occasional limited demonstration at a convention, the hype surrounding the technology has died down \u2013 possibly because it\u2019s taking so long to arrive. But now, Canadian researchers have created a device that may be the first [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-phones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62812,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22290\/revisions\/62812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}