New flexible sensor for folding touch screen

The new flexible material technology can not only fold the touch screen, but also make the robot safer and more understanding Over the years, manufacturers have been working on the development of foldable flexible touch screen technology, and rumors about this are endless - this time it's Samsung's turn It is rumored that it is building a "Galaxy X" that is the size of a normal smart phone, but it can be turned into a tablet in seconds after it is launched The prototype of the product is in the process of manufacturing and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year At the same time, relevant technologies are also being improved Engineers from the University of British Columbia have developed a less expensive sensor that can still detect different types of touch movements when stretched, folded or bent According to people from the above research team, the sensor can detect pressure like the iPhone's 3D touch or hover gesture like Samsung's airview At present, researchers are testing on a 5 cm square prototype, but they say it's not difficult to manufacture low-cost devices on a large scale because it's only done by filling two layers of silicon with conductive adhesive If this technology is applied to buildings, the cost per square meter is only a few dollars The unique transparency and scalability can help it perform various unexpected functions on walls, floors and even human surfaces, such as flexible skin for robots, so as to achieve safer, natural and accurate human-computer interaction, the researchers said.