Google works in technology for modular displays, newspaper says – Corporate Info

Google is working on a new project involving screens and curious. According heard by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) sources, Google X lab researchers intend to create a display that can join other displays to create an even larger – and still make it almost imperceptibly, unlike existing technologies today.

According to the report, who heads the division responsible for the initiative is Mary Lou Jepsen, one of the creators of the One Laptop Per Child (One Laptop Per Child). The idea is to make “composed of smaller ones that connect to each other like Legos to create a single image” screens, says the newspaper text.

As noted by Ars Technica site, the concept is similar to that used by a company called Christie MicroTiles. The company produces modular displays, which can be mounted on each other in different ways – as bows and “snakes”, according to an image of disclosure. The big difference is at the edges:. While Google wants something imperceptible, technology brand that is already evident in the market still leaves edges

And what are the possible applications for these screens? It is still early to know, and even the story of the Wall Street Journal leaves doubt in the air. One possibility would be to combine several small screen to form a giant display that could be used in a stadium, for example -. Although the role of Google in the industry is far from significant

Another idea, more plausible, since relates to the concept of Ara Project, modular smartphone – which continued with the company even after the sale of Motorola. The company could sell “pieces” screen separately for users who want to increase the size of the display device later, for example. Or already use these modular displays the device is manufactured. – That could perhaps even be “molded” according to the taste of the customer

But anyway, are just hypothetical scenarios. According to the WSJ report, Google would put to work in a small team of project engineers, including even former employees of Qualcomm – responsible for Mirasol technology – and Samsung – which already makes curved screens and is the provider of displays used in Apple devices.