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This Rollable Tablet Was Inspired by Ancient Scrolls


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The MagicScroll tablet.

Researchers at Queen's University in Canada have developed a prototype rollable touchscreen tablet.

Credit: PC Magazine

Researchers in the Human Media Lab of Queen's University in Canada have developed a prototype rollable touchscreen tablet with a 7.5-inch 2K flexible display wrapped around a three-dimensionally-printed cylinder.

Rotary wheels on either end of the MagicScroll cylinder allow a user to scroll through information on the screen. In addition, the researchers say the display can be unrolled to function similarly to a traditional tablet.

The new device is much easier to hold with one hand than other devices, and it fits into a pocket when rolled up.

Queen's University's Roel Vertegaal said, "Unfolding the scroll is a tangible experience that gives a full screen view of the selected item."

He adds that the project is "allowing us to further examine notions that 'screens don't have to be flat' and 'anything can become a screen’."

From PCMag.com
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