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Friday, May 03, 2002
http://www.msnbc.com/news/746191.asp New path could lead to screens as light as paper ASSOCIATED PRESS The day is getting closer when you might be able to unplug your full-size computer screen, roll it up and stick it in your pocket. TODAY’S LIQUID CRYSTAL displays, or LCDs — used in laptops, watches and cell phones — are sandwiched between two rigid pieces of glass. But researchers at Royal Philips Electronics have devised a way of making them by just painting the raw materials onto almost any kind of surface: walls, sheets of plastic — or even clothing. The technique, developed by five researchers working at the company’s research laboratory in the Netherlands, could allow flexible, lightweight LCDs that can be rolled up or folded....
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