China launches screen you can fold up like paper

The first flexible AMOLED color screen in China, which can be folded up and carried around like a piece of paper, has been developed by a university in Guangzhou, according to China News Service.

South China University of Technology announced the news on Aug 9 and said the screen is 4.8 inches in diameter, 100 micrometers thick and no more than 1 gram in weight.

The screen can work as a TV display unit while simultaneously functioning as curtains, clothes or fashion accessories, the university said.

Several major international companies, like Samsung, LG and Sharp, are also actively developing the flexible AMOLED display technology, the report said.