In January 2020, Samsung electronics filed a utility patent with the united states patent, and trademark office. The patent was published on August 27, 2020 and describes the technology needed to create a transparent smartphone...
The OLED screen is equipped with a transparent luminous display panel, through which light can shine, thus content can be displayed on the transparent screen, while users can simultaneously see through the phone. It can be a flat display, but also a flexible screen that can bend, fold, and a roll according to the patent description.
But developing a transparent phone, it's a problem, which was demonstrated by taiwanese firm Polytron Technologies transparent phone in 2013. The SD card, and ribbon cables were still visible despite the phone's largely transparent body...
'Old People Began to Cross The Continent In Their Own Cars'
'It was a relief to enter one of the comfortable autos, whisper a direction down the tube, and just know that you would be taken to your destination in the quickest, safest, and cheapest manner.' - Dr. David H. Keller, 1935.
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'Old People Began to Cross The Continent In Their Own Cars'
'It was a relief to enter one of the comfortable autos, whisper a direction down the tube, and just know that you would be taken to your destination in the quickest, safest, and cheapest manner.'
Starfall Manufacturing Drugs In Space
'The vast spinning sphere of Factory in the Sky loomed above and ahead of us, gleaming white against the unfathomable jet depths of surrounding space.'
The Solar Oberth Slingshot
'And if it doesn’t work,' inquired Lazarus, 'what does that make us? Sunspots?'
'If Anyone Is Watching Earth...'
'Our study of your race has convinced us that you are not fitted to leave your planet in the present state of your civilization.'