The team from Queen’s University in Kingston presented his own vision of the smartphone future. MagicScroll shows a prototype of a new type of mobile device. He demonstrated at IFA 2018, which runs from August 31 to September 5 in Berlin.
MagicScroll prozrachno the name alludes to the similarity with the “magic scroll”. 7.5-inch flexible screen with a resolution of 2K can fold into a tube or used in the expanded state.
In fact, in the collapsed state, the gadget works like a smartphone cylindrical, and when expanded turns into a tablet. The sides of the rotating wheels to scroll content on the screen. There is also a camera.
The developers have set a goal to create a compact unit the size of a ballpoint pen that could be worn in a shirt pocket.