News & Reviews:   new technology

A new patent application by Samsung Display published today in South Korea shows a possible 3-in-1 device that transforms from a watch into a phone, and even a tablet. This transformation is made possible the new technology based on stretchable OLED display.

Let’s face it – smartphone designs has been stagnating for the past few years. We may see leaps and jumps for the internal technologies but outwardly it has been the standard large slab of glass at the front of the device. University of Bristol's Interaction Group may have something new in the works. They have designed a slick new reconfigurable form for touchscreen displays. The Cubimorph is a single display built out of smaller, six-sided display cubes that are daisy-chained together and can be repositioned?up to the users needs. 

A recent filing at the US Patent and Trademark office website may just share what Sony has up their sleeves. While many other companies are trying to add control devices for their devices, Sony is designing a “wearable input device” that can control not just your smartphone, but all other devices and appliances around you – and it looks like a ring to you and me.

Forget 3D Touch. If Microsoft has their way, they are looking to forsee where your next touch on screen will be, and touch it first before you hover your finger over the area. The aptly named Pre-Touch technology aims to let users move less while doing more on screen.