Transparent display’s are coming and we are hardly able to control our excitement that Taiwanese company, Polytron Technologies, is working to produce a completely transparent Smartphone. We went down to Taoyuan about 35 min from Taipei by the airport to check out a prototype of their transparent Smartphone.
Polytron is working on getting the hardware components of the Smarpthone up and running, there is no software running on the prototype as its main goal is showcase the early stages of hardware integration and to get OEMs excited about the potential of Polytrons technology. This is an interesting beginning for something that most consider a piece of tech that we would only see in Sci-Fi flicks. As you can see from the photos below it is totally transparent. Well, as transparent as current technologies will allow, there are some prototypes for transparent batteries out there, but SIM cards, SD cards and microphones aren’t quite there yet.
Taking a closer look at the Smartphone hardware that isn’t transparent, the most glaring is the SD card, to minimize the visual impact the SIM card will be placed directly above it as you can see in the close up below they’ve left a gap. Powering this technology demo is 2 small batteries to demonstrate that they will be able to transfer power to various components, in the video below you can see Sascha switch the LED on. At the top we’ve got a camera, speaker and a microphone.
Since this is smart glass technology they will be able to cover up the bottom portion of the handset with an opaque filter where all of the non-transparent technology will be crammed in.
Polytron has a huge history of Smart or Switchable Glass and they are looking to apply this know how in new and innovative ways. If you’re curious about some of the technology behind this Jetson-esque handset Ploytrons Polyvision’s Smart Glass technology becomes transparent from a cloudy white state when turned on. When the Power is off, the liquid crystal molecules are randomly oriented which scatters incident light and the glass then becomes opaque. When electricity is added into the mix the liquid crystals line up and the incident light is able to pass through making the glass look clear.
Polytron has some big dreams as they are looking to have fully working prototypes up and running and possibly in limited production by the end of the year.
For all of you naysayers out there who complain about not being able to find your phone let alone being able to find a transparent phone, I ask would you ever let such a beauty leave your hand?
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Wow, Nicole has really let herself go.
Anyway, was wondering if you would be interested in reviewing our transparent 3d display tech? we have a pre-production model, it’s a sphere about 3 inches in diameter, retina resolution, 3 axis motion detection, currently only one demo 3d image (a snowman in a blizzard), production model will be supplied with a small stand for when you’re not using it.
Ping me if you’re interested.
So you insult me and then want me to review your product?
lol!
It doesn’t turn on! It’s just a hologram of a 1 and a 0 in glass. Wtf. How is this news? And the alleged USB drive is just an led light that runs when the pins are connected to the 5V output of the USB drive. There is not a single byte of memory storage in this. This level of reporting is damn near a hoax. Or sheer ignorance. Not sure which is worse.
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Hey if u guys need ppl to try out your phone please find me on Facebook with my email address thank you….
What amazes me most about this post is that people believe it.
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Seriously, this is a joke right? It’s too early for April Fool’s Day pranks. This looks like a concept for a transparent phone, not a prototype. I also don’t see any mention of a transparent LCD SCREEN!!! It only mentions opaque glass that goes clear when you apply a current. That’s how I’m reading it anyway.
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thanks for this good fiction post .
but we use silicon crystalline as the semi conductor material which has anisotropic properties due to that this is not possible that the mobile will became transparent . but if we use amorphous silicon than this will be possible .
thanks for this post
The active glass they are using does conduct power, they’ll be using it for a prototype that will be released next month.