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Samsung Gets Transparent Smartphone Patent
After many years of work, Samsung has received a patent for the transparent smartphone idea.
(Transparent Smartphone)
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...
(Via TechLayout.)
Science fiction fans recall with relish the transparent smartphone used by Tony Stark in the 2012 film Ironman 2.
(Tony Stark transparent smartphone from Ironman 2)
Fans of HG Wells might also recall the transparent displays from his 1936 film Things to Come.
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