The devices could lay down the foundation for creating high shape resolution devices of the future.
Researchers including one of an Indian origin have developed prototype mobile devices that can change shape on-demand, and will be unveiled on Monday, the 29th of April.
The devices could lay down the foundation for creating high shape resolution devices of the future.
The research paper, to be presented at one of the world's most important conferences on human-computer interfaces, will introduce the term 'shape resolution' and its ten features, to describe the resolution of an interactive device: in addition to display and touch resolution.
One example of a device is the team's concept of Morphees, self-actuated flexible mobile devices that can change shape on-demand to better fit the many services they are likely to support.
The team believe Morphees will be the next generation of mobile devices, where users can download applications that embed a dedicated form factor, for instance the "stress ball app" that collapses the device in on itself or the "game app" that makes it adopt a console-like shape.In the future the team hope to build higher shape resolution Morphees by investigating the flexibility of materials.
They are also interested in exploring other kinds of deformations that the prototypes did not explore, such as porosity and stretchability.
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