Trey Brown
1/30/09
1:11
On Thursday the U.S. Army made the decision to renew its partnership with Arizona State University and has given them an addition 50 million to stimulate their continued partnership. Arizona State University has, since the beginning of their and the US Armies partnership in 2004, been working on flexible screen displays on a foil like material. The applications of this technology would be invaluable to the military in all types of environments. Vital information could be transmitted and received to be viewed by those who need to see it the instant they get it by only looking at a screen sown into a shirt sleeve or pulling out a rolled up screen from inside their jacket. But the commercial value of a technology such as this has to have been considered too. This tech would quickly change the way information is viewed the world over. A new technology like this would need factories and supply chains too so additionally these flexible screens could lead to the much needed stimulation of the global economy also.
One more point in the new flex screen technologies favor is the fact that in their finished form they are said to be much sturdier and use much less energy than their LCD cousins. The fact they are more durable as well as more energy efficient has great potential for leading the world in a greener direction, and not just giving people a cooler way to check their e-mail from their sleeve. With added durability this also means quality standards of other technology would have to rise in other fields to keep up. Competition in technology has almost always led to greater benefit for the whole world community through innovation. This new flex screen technology would seem to be a sign of greater and better things just over the horizon.
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