Sony develps razor-thin, flexible TV display

Sony has developed a razor-thin TV display that can be bent like paper even when showing a video. The company will be presenting its research and video at Long Beach, California at an academic symposium for the Society of Informatic Display. The display is made from Sony's thin film transistor or TFT technology, which is used to make flexible displays, and has been combined with another technology called organic electroluminescent display. Sony does not have any plans for a commercial launch of the product as yet.

"In the future, it could get wrapped around a lamppost or a person's wrist, even worn as clothing," said Sony spokesman Chisato Kitsukawa. "Perhaps it can be put up like wallpaper."

Tatsuo Mori, professor at Nagoya University's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, said some hurdles remained, including making the display bigger, ensuring durability and cutting costs.