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Originally Posted by mogui
Can anyone envision a screen that folds in two directions without wrinkling? Then once we unfold it (e.g. 2"x3" unfolds to 8"x10") does it have fold marks? There are probably materials that will accommodate folding in two directions, but can we make screens out of them? Then we have the problem of how to hold the flexscreen flat while it is unfurled. It is enough to give a mechanical engineer bad dreams.
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That one had occurred to me, too. But I think the folding aspect would be its downfall. The best you could do would be to create a very thin hinge at the fold, but I can't imagine it not being visible, and bisecting your images.
An idea that occurred to me afterward, was a series of screen-layers, one atop the other, that could be selectively slid outward. Imagine a set of four playing cards: At default, they are piled on each other, and create a screen the size of one card. Now, slide one over until the edges touch, and you have a screen the size of 2 cards. Now slide two up, and one of those two over... you have a 4-card-sized screen. This would hopefully give you a hinge-less surface, or at least, eliminate the concern for folds.
I've also imagines various forms of hinged arms that would stretch the screen between the hardware and the arm... the act of folding the arm outward would pull the screen to a larger size, potentially doubling its surface. This could either pull on a flexible screen, or sliding screens (like the cards described above).