While the media business debates the death of print, technologies are being developed that will preserve and ultimately replace the paper news. One concept device called the Ori-Ori Moshi-Moshi borrows from the Japanese practice of origami, offering the ultimate fold-up multi-media solution. Developed by Antenna Design, a firm led by Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger, the team calls the idea a “super gadget for the year 2014.” The device would feature a flexible OLED screen and offer utilities for gaming, phone use, and video viewing. As the developmental pace of flexible displays increases it’s just a matter of time before this genius device becomes a reality.
The idea of a flexible display is not entirely new, as this concept shares many similarities to the slowing evolving media known as e-Paper. Even so, Ori-Ori Moshi-Moshi is far from a rip off of e-Paper, as the integration of numerous technologies beyond simple text viewing makes this a gadget of the future. Although it’s impossible to foresee whether or not cell phones and iPods will evolve to incorporate this sort of display, they have already demonstrated the adoption common characteristics. In that respect, gadgets will only continue to get smaller and more pliable in the coming years. But for now, the ability to fold up a miniature screen into the shape of a Loch Ness Monster, all the while displaying the Matrix in true HD is simply a pipe dream.
