The Fab PC from Fujitsu
By Alexis • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: UncategorizedInnovative minds at Fujitsu are hard at work on an incredible concept. The company is looking forward to developing foldable tablet PCs that are not made of leather, but instead created using fibre. These tablets will be ultra thin in size and will be tough enough to withstand sudden bumps, falls or any other kind of accident.
The computer will be designed in a way that grants the user complete control over it. The display will be made using the ultra flexible E paper, which is the secret behind its foldable property. This material will allow the users to actually mould, bend and fold the laptop when not in use. This obviously not currently possible with any other laptop, even the high-end Asus U2E is completely inelastic. The Fab Tablet PC is supposed to be made from fibre, which means that it will be much lighter than current laptops and tablets.
However, using fibre increases the accidental risk of the battery catching on fire due to overheating. If this unfortunate incident were to happen, then the fibre will accelerate the combustion process. But according to the engineers, these kind of battery burning issues were only prevalent in the old days. Nowadays the batteries are very much advanced and the Fab will certainly not catch fire. There is a lot of development still underway that will make the Fab a more interesting and fun device. For instance, adding the touch screen functionality to it etc. No doubt, it will be the next generation portable computing device.
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