New Toshiba Screen Lets You Bend to Zoom in Google Earth [VIDEO]

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Barb Dybwad
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New Toshiba Screen Lets You Bend to Zoom in Google Earth [VIDEO]
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The 8.4-inch LCD panel is only 0.1 mm thick and displays at an SVGA resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. Custom software from Toshiba handles the translation between changes in the bend sensor's resistance values and the level of zoom in the aerial Google Earth display.

It's a surprisingly simple gesture that looks awfully intuitive. Check out a video of the flexible display in action below and let us know what you think. Do you want to see consumer devices begin to incorporate flexible displays?

[via Engadget]

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