LG Display’s ‘stretchable’ prototype display could attach to skin, clothing, and furniture

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Smashed phone screens could eventually be a thing of the past thanks to ultra-flexible stretchy display tech. | Image: LG Display

LG Display has created a new display that can fold, twist, and stretch from 12 to 14 inches.

Announced in a press release on Thursday, the stretchable display has a resolution of 100ppi and is capable of displaying full-color RGB. The prototype was created using micro LEDs with a sub-40μm pixel pitch that were built into a silicon substrate typically used in contact lenses. According to LG Display, this gives it a consistency “similar to that of a rubber band” and allows it to be stretched in any direction by up to 20 percent.

Image: LG Display Images of the prototype display suggest that it still needs to be connected to less malleable hardware to work.

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