LG Display unveiled on Tuesday what it’s calling the world’s first high-resolution stretchable display. The technology allows for the 12-inch screen to be folded, twisted and stretched up to 14 inches without any damage, LG said.
This new color display, which has a resolution of 100 pixels per inch, is made of the same silicon material as contact lenses and uses micro-LED light sources. LG Display touts the screen’s durability and reliability, saying it can withstand many changes to its original form.
LG Display hopes to commercialize the new technology. The thin, rubberlike material can contour to skin, fabric and metal machines such as cars and airplanes and has promise in the automotive, fashion and service industries, LG said.
The stretchable display was the product of a company-led project in partnership with Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. “We will successfully complete this project to enhance the competitiveness of Korean display technology while continuing to lead the industry’s paradigm shift,” Soo-young Yoon, executive vice president and CTO at LG Display, said in the press release.
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