That graphic of the screen rolled around the person's wrist would be cool upgrade for football quarterbacks- would allow for more complex game plans since the coordinators could display whatever they want on the screen in real time during the game.<p>Of course there are probably more important applications of this technology too.
"The plastic substrates are poor gas-barriers for oxygen and water vapor, and the OLED materials can seriously be damaged by their gasses. "<p>Incidentally, polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals make an excellent passivation layer and are highly flexible thinfilms. I've always wondered why flexible OLEDs (FOLEDs) never adopted. Maybe HN knows?