In the “what will they think of next” category, researches at the Human Media Lab at Queens University in Ontario introduced a new phone prototype: the paper phone.

(Credit: Queens University)

Let’s let them talk about it

the smartphone prototype, called paperphone is best described as a flexible iphone – it does everything a smartphone does, like store books, play music or make phone calls. but its display consists of a 9.5 cm diagonal thin film flexible e ink display. the flexible form of the display makes it much more portable that any current mobile computer: it will shape with your pocket. –more from their release.

Roel Vertegaal, the creator of the device, goes on to say, “This is the future. everything is going to look and feel like this within five years.”

They also have a wrist version.

See the Paper Phone demonstration on YouTube.

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