TV that can be rolled up and put in your pocket
Tiny dots 100,000 times thinner than human hair
'Quantum dots' are printed on plastic sheets
Far thinner even than hi-tech OLED screens
Plastic sheet can be rolled up without damage
Flat screen TVs that can be rolled up and put in a jacket pocket could soon be a reality - thanks to an entirely new screen technology called QD.
Thetechnology, which was developed by a team of British scientists, is known as 'quantum dot' and can be used to make ultra-thin televisions.
Companies such as Samsung are already working on bendable OLED screens - but QD screens will be thinner, and bendier.
Flat screen TVs that can be rolled up and put in a jacket pocket could soon be a reality - thanks to an entirely new screen technology called QD.
Thetechnology, which was developed by a team of British scientists, is known as 'quantum dot' and can be used to make ultra-thin televisions.
Companies such as Samsung are already working on bendable OLED screens - but QD screens will be thinner, and bendier.
The flexible screens are expected to take slightly longer and could be in the shops over the next three years.
The company will not reveal exactly who they are working with but it is believed that Sony, Sharp, Samsung and LG are all working on quantum dot technology.
Most televisions produced have a liquid crystal display (LCD) which are lit by light-emitting diodes (LED) with a screen that is a few millimetres thick.
Using the quantum dot technology would mean televisions are lighter and thinner than ever before.
Chief executive of Nanoco, a company set up by scientists at Manchester University, told the Sunday Telegraph: 'The real advantage provided by quantum dots, however, is that they can be printed on to a plastic sheet that can be rolled up.
'It is likely these will be small personal devices to begin with. Something else we are looking at is reels of wallpaper or curtains made out of a material that has quantum dots printed on it.
'You can imagine displaying scenes of the sun rising over a beach as you wake up in the morning.'
Tiny dots 100,000 times thinner than human hair
'Quantum dots' are printed on plastic sheets
Far thinner even than hi-tech OLED screens
Plastic sheet can be rolled up without damage
Flat screen TVs that can be rolled up and put in a jacket pocket could soon be a reality - thanks to an entirely new screen technology called QD.
Thetechnology, which was developed by a team of British scientists, is known as 'quantum dot' and can be used to make ultra-thin televisions.
Companies such as Samsung are already working on bendable OLED screens - but QD screens will be thinner, and bendier.
Thetechnology, which was developed by a team of British scientists, is known as 'quantum dot' and can be used to make ultra-thin televisions.
Companies such as Samsung are already working on bendable OLED screens - but QD screens will be thinner, and bendier.
The flexible screens are expected to take slightly longer and could be in the shops over the next three years.
The company will not reveal exactly who they are working with but it is believed that Sony, Sharp, Samsung and LG are all working on quantum dot technology.
Most televisions produced have a liquid crystal display (LCD) which are lit by light-emitting diodes (LED) with a screen that is a few millimetres thick.
Using the quantum dot technology would mean televisions are lighter and thinner than ever before.
Chief executive of Nanoco, a company set up by scientists at Manchester University, told the Sunday Telegraph: 'The real advantage provided by quantum dots, however, is that they can be printed on to a plastic sheet that can be rolled up.
'It is likely these will be small personal devices to begin with. Something else we are looking at is reels of wallpaper or curtains made out of a material that has quantum dots printed on it.
'You can imagine displaying scenes of the sun rising over a beach as you wake up in the morning.'
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