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LG unveils a stretchable display that expands by 50 percent when you pull on it
Two years ago LG introduced a stretchable display that could expand from 12 inches to 14 inches when you pulled on it without breaking. Now the company has unveiled an even more durable display that can expand by up to 50 percent when stretched.
The company is showing of a prototype of a new 12 inch screen that can stretch to 18 inches.
While we’ve seen flexible, bendable displays over the years, stretchable screens could open new the doors for new types of digital devices. We’re not just talking about phones with curved edges, but screens that can be “repeatedly stretched over 10,000 times” and can conform to different shapes and sizes.
LG says stretchable displays are a “free-form” technology that “can be freely transformed into any shape, including by stretching, folding, and twisting,” making the thin and lightweight screens appropriate for use in things like smartwatches and other wearable computers or even clothing and and other fashion items where you may want a display which is “capable of adhering to irregularly curved surfaces like clothing and skin.”
According to LG, the new stretchable display prototype features a color screen with micro LED lights for illumination and a resolution of 100 pixels per inch. That may not match the pixel density you’d expect from the latest phones, tablets, laptops, or smartwatches. But it should be good enough to display text, patterns, and other graphics for decorative or informational purposes.
LG isn’t the only company developing stretchable screens. Royole showed off its first micro LED stretchable display back in 2021. But LG says it’s the first company to introduce a model that can increase in size by as much as 50 percent when stretched.