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Samsung Galaxy Note II screen may be “unbreakable”
The successor to the Galaxy Note (first edition pictured) will have a flexible display, but sadly this doesn’t mean it will roll up and fit in your pocket. Instead it will mean the screen is either unbreakable (if you’re a marketer) or nearly unbreakable (if you’re a lawyer.)
The Note II will have a 5.5 inch display, which would be pretty bulky with ordinary phone technology, particularly for something that’s designed to fit into a pocket. A South Korean tech newspaper is reporting it will use a plastic AMOLED flexible display to help solve that problem.
AMOLED stands for “active matrix organic light-emitting diode.” It uses the thin film transistor (TFT) technology from LCD monitors. The set up involves a layer of OLED pixels on top of a layer of TFTs, which effectively act as switches for each individual pixel. This gives a high refresh rate and the potential for a high resolution, but in a thin and flexible package.
Much of the long-term work on AMOLEDs has been based around extremely large flexible displays, with the Korea IT Times story noting it could eventually be used to allow businesses to use their office windows as teleconferencing screens, or for a car window to act as a navigation display.
More immediately, Samsung appears to be using the technology to produce a display that, although appearing flat to the user, is curved upwards on the underside. That will reduce the average width of the display by 0.4mm, which could be enough to allow a larger battery and thus extend the time between charges. The display should also mean the upper surface of the display is more resilient.
The Galaxy Note II looks set to be officially unveiled at the end of this month. There’s no word yet on whether Samsung will use the somewhat horrendous work “phablet” to describe it.
Top 5 Most Amazing Feats of Ancient Engineering
Here’s an interesting infographic listing 5 amazing feats of ancient engineering. As you can see with the Antikythera mechanism, gadgets have existed for thousands of years. Apart from this mechanism, what other cool “old” gadget would you throw in this list?
Source: Engineering-Management.net
Impressive, Most Impressive: Geektastic Darth Vader Mailbox [Picture]
Not so long ago, in a neighberhood not so far away (at least from me) lived a man with an epic Darth Vader Mailbox. D. B. (We’ll keep his name private), the neighbor of my best pal in the world, took an old mailbox and turned it into a geektastic work of art. Never underestimate the power of a geek with a paintbrush and a little free time on his hands.
7-Foot-Long, 70,000-Piece LEGO Serenity [Pics]
This 7-foot-long, 135 pounds LEGO Serenity (From Firefly) was made by Adrian Drake using a total of 70,000 Lego bricks. Yep geeks, 70,000. The whole thing took him over 475 hours to build. Check it out!
[Source: Adrian Drake @ Flickr.com | Via Neatorama]
Peach’s Revenge (Part 1) [Video]
Raising your Baby the Bioshock Way [Pic]
For those of you who don’t “get it,” here’s all the explanation you need to understand this picture.
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The Bacon Song!
I’m pretty sure that by now, you’ve all heard the epic Rub some bacon on it song by Rhett & Link, and now, here’s an extra bacon-themed song by Weebl’s Stuff to enlighten your day!