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Technical Help & Discussion => Mobile Phones & Other Handheld Devices => Topic started by: Simon on April 22, 2011, 21:54

Title: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens
Post by: Simon on April 22, 2011, 21:54

Smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturers could soon be able to include self-repairing screens in devices, according to scientists in Switzerland.

Screen scratches, from keys in pockets or grit in bags, can ruin the displays on portable devices, but researchers at the University of Fribourg in Germany have come up with a self-healing technology that would smooth away the problem.

According to the scientists, scratched materials - from car paints to tablet screens - could repair themselves in less than a minute when exposed to ultraviolet light using a special polymer coating.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/366949/researchers-tout-self-healing-smartphone-screens

Title: Re: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens
Post by: sam on July 19, 2011, 14:03

That sounds very promising but would destroy s whole industry in those darn sticky covers

Title: Re: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens
Post by: Simon on July 19, 2011, 15:09

Good!

Title: Re: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens
Post by: GillE on July 19, 2011, 15:15

I can't wait for this to become commercially available.

Title: Re: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens
Post by: Rik on July 19, 2011, 16:59

Sounds almost too good to be true.

Title: Re: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens
Post by: sam on July 19, 2011, 21:22

but we have those self-healing cutting boards...

Title: Re: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens
Post by: Rik on July 19, 2011, 23:49

Though, after a while, they don't work so well, Sam.

Title: Re: Researchers tout self-healing smartphone screens
Post by: sam on July 20, 2011, 07:18

but I wonder if it was only like scratches if it would outlive the useful length of the product?