Researchers create a display screen from a Soap bubble: Video

This could be easily the world’s thinnest display screen ever! The researchers from the University of Tokyo has created the thinnest display screen from a soap bubble. The video or image is displayed on a bubble which is transparency controllable. The soap bubble is created using the mixture of two colloidal liquids, which is essentially the transparent and a micro membrane that allows the passage of light and display colors. The researcher Yoichi Ochiai with the help of his colleagues developed this flexible Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF).

According to the reports from the researchers official blog, the display can be controlled using speakers that emit ultrasonic sound waves. “The combination of the ultrasonic waves and ultra thin membranes results in more realistic, distinctive, and vivid imageries on the screen. This system contributes to open up a new path for display engineering with sharp imageries, transparency, BRDF and flexibility.”

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The concept display screen from a soap bubble will be seen in the SIGGRAPH 2012 next month.