LG Display today unveiled a stretchable OLED that the company says can be used for personalized displays on fabrics and other smart devices, as part of Seoul Fashion Week.
The thin and light displays can be ‘freely stretched, folded and twisted’ and can be attached to irregular surfaces such as clothing and skin, the company said in a press release.
According to LG Display, the technology could be used in smart devices that are worn like clothing or attached to the body.
The OLEDs, which can change designs and colours instantly, will be featured on the fronts of garments, sleeves and clutches by Korean designers Youn-Hee Park and Chung-Chung Lee.
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The stretchable display is part of a research project that LG Display started in 2020 and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
Currently, LED and electroluminescent displays are used for T-shirt designs, while LG Display’s OLED prototypes may be more flexible and robust. Although the company doesn’t specify, the material is unlikely to be machine washable.
Meanwhile, smart clothing has been around for a while now, with new products popping up at CES every year. However, LG Display is one of the biggest names to introduce compatible technology so far.
