Transparent Like a Glass But Still a Phone Its been the dream for years and years: transparent computer displays, and transparent phones. Weve seen them over and over in sci-fi, and weve seen plenty of device render concepts, but this is the first real prototype that weve seen in real life. The key to it is the transparent display that has been developed by Taiwan-based Polytron Technologies. Some existing phones, like the LG GD900, have transparent parts, but so far no ones created one with a completely see-through body. Part of the problem is that the electrodes in the typical lithium-ion batteries found in todays gadgets arent transparent. All they have so far is a very very early prototype, almost just a proof-of-concept, but the team expects to have a more fully functioning prototype with working software by the end of the year. Youll also notice that the device isnt 100% transparent, because some components - the battery, SD card, and microphones - simply cant be made transparent right now. Still, its a pretty cool start. Polytron Technologies has named this concept Switchable Glass technology. In Switchable Glass technology a conductive OLED screen uses liquid crystal molecules to display text and images. The screen uses electric current to align these molecules into images on screen. The result is a screen which is completely transparent, but is still able to show clear, color pictures. Polytron told Mobile Geeks that a completed device would have touchscreens on the front and back, and hidden microphones and speakers, and in future maybe even transparent batteries. A similar project is also being pursued by Mobiado, the luxury phone maker, and Aston Martin, the luxury car maker, in collaboration are trying to co-create phones. The first prototype theyve shown is a stunning transparent Android phone. The Mobiado concept phone is called CTP002 is basically one big, transparent sapphire glass with two titanium edges on the left and right. The glass is a color capacitive touchscreen. We know its only a concept and from a technical standpoint it seems all but impossible, but the Mobiado CTP002 is a joy to behold.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 04:06:42 +0000
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