Digital screens are now as thin as paper, as we often wished for and ultimately expected. These paper-thin displays are referred to as AMOLED and are currently used in some mobile devices and televisions. In my session I will examine the brief history of flexible screens, discuss their current use in the context of a phenomenon called Device Disappearance and explore new uses, interfaces and possible design patterns for this technology in the near future.

Brandon’s talk will cover…

• Recognizing device dependence
• Being constrained by our current concept of devices
• Questioning connectivity
• Having new goals for flexible and foldable technology

Slides and summary available at http://deathtoalldevices.com

Notes:

• Lots of examples, but none to market
• Samasung predicts big changes in 2015
• May need to design for different levels of opaqueness/size/materials
• Headed toward custom printed, wearable technology.
• LIVR – a social network app that you can only access if you blow a 0.08

Building blocks

1. Promote connectedness
2. Create time (reduce effort)
3. Closing literacy gaps
4. Achieve ubiquity
5. Evaporative data