queen’s university’s human media lab to unveil morephone at
paris conference
researchers at queen’s university’s human media lab have
developed a new smartphone – called morephone – which can morph its shape to
give users a silent yet visual cue of an incoming phone call, text message or
email.
“this is another step in the direction of radically new
interaction techniques afforded by smartphones based on thin film, flexible
display technologies” says roel vertegaal (school of computing), director of
the human media lab at queen’s university who developed the flexible paperphone
and papertab.
“users are familiar with hearing their phone ring or feeling
it vibrate in silent mode. one of the problems with current silent forms of
notification is that users often miss notifications when not holding their
phone. with morephone, they can leave their smartphone on the table and observe
visual shape changes when someone is trying to contact them.”