From transparent laptops to a flexible wrist phone: 5 of the wildest gadgets at MWC
A MAJOR technology show this week unveiled a number of mind-boggling gadgets, including a transparent laptop and a bendable phone that wraps around your wrist.
The big players showed off their latest gadgets at the annual Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, which The Sun attended.
Here are five of the weird and wonderful tech innovations we’ve seen.
A transparent laptop
Lenovo showed a laptop with a transparent screen at MWC this year.
The ThinkBook machine works just like any other Windows PC, except you can literally see through it.
“Project Crystal,” as it is being called, is just a concept for now.
The prototype works by squeezing a load of micro-LEDs between clear glass.
In a demo, the company showed how it could be used to help people draw or design objects, a bit like tracing paper – although it’s probably not that useful for most of us.
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Flexible smartphones
Motorola presented a flexible smartphone at the event that you can wrap around your wrist like a piece of clothing.
You can even match it with a dress by taking a photo so the display looks exactly the same.
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It has a woven fabric back and shows a clock on the screen, making the device look like a futuristic watch.
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Robot dog
A robotic “German Shepherd Dog” captured the hearts of attendees this year.
The Tecno Dynamic 1 can move at speeds of up to 13.2 km/h and can even climb stairs.
It uses AI to recognize your voice and respond to commands.
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Barbie phone
Barbie fever has hit the tech world with the announcement that an official phone based on the popular toy is being launched.
HMD – which makes Nokia-branded smartphones – did not unveil the pink flip phone at the event.
But the company did say that the device will be released in the summer.
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A physical keyboard for your iPhone
One gadget you can get right now is the Clicks keyboard case for your iPhone.
The accessory gives your device the comfort of physical buttons, just like the old BlackBerry.
It’s available now for the 14 and 15 Pro in “BumbleBee” yellow and “London Sky” gray – Pro Max versions will launch from the end of May.
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