LG has developed an industry-first stretchable screen that bends, twists and stretches like caramel from 12 inches to 18 inches.
The screen is only a prototype, but could have useful applications for wearables, cars, smartphones and other industries in the longer term. For example, the flexible material may very well be used to make clothes and purses.
LG unveiled the screen on Friday on the LG Science Park in Seoul, South Korea greater than 100 spectators. The 50% expansion rate is the very best within the industry and the resolution is 100 pixels per inch. The screen offers full color.
LG screen. Photo credit: LG
LG has been working on stretchable screens for years. In 2019 the corporate launched a TV with a screen that rolls away Insert into the bottom when not in use. However LG set the 65-inch TV for $100,000 in May 2024 after slow sales.
In 2022, the corporate shined a 12-inch display that may very well be as much as 14 inches long. To make the screen, LG used a silicon base material just like the one used for contact lenses. They layered micro-LEDs and spring-shaped circuitry on top to create a screen that might be rotated, stretched, and folded without damage.
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LG’s stretchable screens have already made an impact on the style industry. In September, displays on the Seoul Fashion Week runway featured on the front of clothes and bags designed by Youn-Hee Park and Chung-Chung Lee. The designers used 12-inch screens that would expand as much as 14 inches.
“We were able to design future fashion concepts with new materials that never existed before,” says Park says a press release.
A garment with a 12 to 14 inch stretchable screen embedded on the front. Photo credit: LG
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LG competitors are also working on flexible screens. In August Samsung presented a prototype publicly for the primary time a stretchable display. The microLED screen can expand as much as 125% of its original size and has a resolution of 120 pixels per inch.
Samsung placed the screen on a smartphone and demonstrated the way it could move to display the topography of a map. For example, the screen may very well be raised to point the presence of a mountain.
