Flexible living spaces are growing more attractive as urban developers grapple with booming populations and ever-limited space. Automaker Mini is turning its eye for compact design to this emerging architectural trend with a series of micro apartments that maximize lifestyle options.
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Regular ultrasound probes have flat bases, which means they only work best when scanning objects that have similarly-flat surfaces. So, what happens if you want to inspect something that's curved or otherwise "irregular" in shape? Well, that's where a new ultrasound patch comes in.
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Rubber and metal are usually thought to sit at opposite ends of the stiffness spectrum, but a new composite material developed at Iowa State University could switch from the flexibility of the former to the stiffness of the latter after being bent, twisted or squeezed.
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It's an exciting time in display technologies, with flexible and transparent screens popping up regularly, albeit in the lab rather than on our devices. LG just set a new high bar though, with a huge 77-inch OLED screen that you can see through and roll up.
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Researchers at the University of Central Florida have created a supercapcitor that can not only be fully-charged in mere seconds, but can go on to be recharged more than 30,000 times without affecting performance or capacity.
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With the rise of mobile technologies comes a need for mobile power sources, and scientists are now claiming another step forward in the form of solar-energy-storing filaments that could one day lace power-generating outerwear for soldiers in the battlefield.
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Roofs have long been the realm of solar panels, but soon, they might make their way indoors too. A Virginia Tech team is developing low-cost, flexible solar tiles that could be incorporated into curtains and wallpaper to capture both natural sunlight and artificial light.
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Flip phones may have died out with MySpace, but if technology in a patent awarded to Apple this week eventuates into a commercial product, a future iPhone may bring them back. The document describes carbon nanotubes in flexible printed circuits, allowing devices that can bend along a seam.
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Claimed to be the world's first virtual musical instrument for flexible phones, Queen's University's new "WhammyPhone" prototype promises kinesthetic control never before experienced on a smartphone.
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Although advances in flexible electronics show a lot of promise, things can only progress so far if those electronics still incorporate rigid batteries. With that in mind, Panasonic has just announced a flexible lithium-ion battery, which could be on the market soon.
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