Plastic Displays Make The Screen Bendable

In the future, smartphones and tablets can be folded or rolled up like a sheet of paper. Bendable screens will be the next big thing from electronics makers, and plastic plays a key role in technology.

Ordinary displays include two types of glass, which are rigid and vulnerable to blows. So far, the glass has been necessary to protect the thousands of electronic circuits behind the screen against twists, but now, scientists have managed to print circuits on flexible plastic, which is thinner than a human hair. By lining the electronics with two layers of protective plastic film, technology giants can now make bendable displays.