Flexible Smartphone Lets You Flick Through Ebooks

Queen's University researchers have developed a flexible smartphone, the ReFlex, that we imagine is the perfect way virtually thumb through an ebook.

The ReFlex features a full-color, high-resolution display and is capable of flexing a significant amount without snapping. The prototype features a 720p LG Display Flexible OLED touchscreen and runs Android 4.4 KitKat software.

It's interesting technology; the bend sensors on the back of the display measure how hard you're bending and different apps react to this pressure in different ways. You can skim through a book, for example, or carefully pull back the catapult in Angry Birds.