US Army Invests $50M in Flexible Displays


	US Army Invests $50M in Flexible Displays
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2-3-2009 12:14 AM
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2-4-2009 8:20 PM
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Interesting technology - and very expensive!
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</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.cnet.com/8618-17912_3-10152469.html?communityId=2100&targetCommunityId=2100&blogId=72&messageId=5101353" href="http://news.cnet.com/8618-17912_3-10152469.html?communityId=2100&targetCommunityId=2100&blogId=72&messageId=5101353" style="font-size: 11px;">news.cnet.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8618-17912_3-10152469.html?communityId=2100&targetCommunityId=2100&blogId=72&messageId=5101353"><DD id="body_5101353">A series of movies a few years back, based on Shatner's TekWars, had flexible screen communicators; I've been waiting for them in real-life since then : )</DD></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.cnet.com/8618-17912_3-10152469.html?communityId=2100&targetCommunityId=2100&blogId=72&messageId=5102243" href="http://news.cnet.com/8618-17912_3-10152469.html?communityId=2100&targetCommunityId=2100&blogId=72&messageId=5102243" style="font-size: 11px;">news.cnet.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8618-17912_3-10152469.html?communityId=2100&targetCommunityId=2100&blogId=72&messageId=5102243"><DD id="body_5102243">THE GUY THAT SAID HE NEEDS A FLEXIBLE DEVICE  with video chat therefore replacing his valet, watch, mobile phone, MP3 player, and GPS device. There is one out now called IPhone,  It does not bend but it will blend.</DD></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0" style="font-size: 11px;">news.cnet.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.cnet.com/img/AC4BBE67-F7EB-48D1-81BF-B9E16C9CE25A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0"><P>That brings the Army's total investment since the <A href="http://flexdisplay.asu.edu" linkindex="37" set="yes">Flexible Display Center (FDC)</A> started in 2004 to $100 million.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0"><P>So why is the military so keen on flexible displays?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0"><P>It's all about information and communications...and possibly profit.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.cnet.com/img/046484A0-516E-403F-93D5-4248A82FCE8E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.cnet.com/img/B57F3903-81F6-43A4-BEF4-B22768730DCA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10152469-72.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0">U.S. Army also extends to the private sector, as well as other universities.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B6BAC96E-C1DC-47B4-9CC7-29EBE6A00429/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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