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LG’s flexible and transparent OLED displays are the beginning of the e-paper revolution July 14, 2014 at 1:07 pm In 2012 it was a flexible e-ink display. In 2013 it was the slightly flexible OLED display used in the G Flex smartphone. And now in 2014 LG has produced a massive, 18-inch OLED display that can be rolled up into a tight cylinder with a radius of just 3 centimeters (1.2 inches). In addition, LG has also announced an 18-inch OLED display that is highly transparent. By 2017, LG thinks it can combine both of these prototypes to create a 60-inch, UHD (4K) display that is both flexible and transparent. Is the dream of a flexible, fold-up ‘e-paper’ display finally upon us? Is that the death knell of the printed page that I can hear tolling in the distance? Forget Moore’s law: Hot and slow DRAM is a major roadblock to exascale and beyond July 14, 2014 at 11:10 am Any attempt to truly push the future of computing means fundamentally redesigning memory — but after 40 years, can DRAM be easily swept aside? It’s like staring ‘into a black hole’: World’s darkest material will be used to make very stealthy aircraft, better telescopes July 14, 2014 at 9:26 am At a nondescript industrial park in south England, scientists have created a new super-black material — fashioned out of carbon nanotubes — that is so dark it’s like “looking at a black hole.” The material, called Vantablack, absorbs all but 0.035% of the incident light that bounces off it, meaning your eyes essentially can’t see it — you can only see the space around it, and then infer that there must be something occupying that eerie abyss. Vantablack’s first customers are in the defense and space sectors, where the material can be used to make a whole variety of stealth craft and weaponry, and more sensitive telescopes that can detect the faintest of faraway stars. Leaked build of Windows 9 shows reborn Start menu, Metro apps running on the Desktop July 14, 2014 at 7:17 am Over the last couple of days, screenshots that purport to be from an early build of Windows 9 (Threshold) have leaked online. Most notably, one of these screenshots includes the new, resurrected Start menu that Microsoft first showed off at its Build conference in April. Another screenshot shows Metro apps running in a window on the Desktop. Acer launches the first useful Chromebook with an Intel Core i3 CPU July 11, 2014 at 4:37 pm Acer recently announced that it will be shipping the first Chromebook featuring an Intel Core i3 processor, and it will only cost about $350. As Chrome OS and Chromebook hardware both become more capable, the more Microsoft and Apple need to worry. Combined with Intel’s dogged support for Chromebooks, this latest push by Acer shows that Chromebooks can be much more than just cheap laptops for kids. ET deals: 4G FreedomPop wireless internet hub with 10GB of free data for $40 July 11, 2014 at 3:25 pm We’ve found a fantastic deal for you right now from FreedomPop, which is offering one of the lowest prices we’ve ever seen for a big bucket of high speed internet access. Today it’s bundling its 4G modem and router (refurbished) with a free trial of its 10GB monthly plan for $40. On top of that, after the one payment you… How to use your PS4 as a media streamer without DLNA July 11, 2014 at 12:44 pm As it stands, the PS4 doesn’t ship with DLNA streaming capability. It’s certainly possible that we’ll see support for the standard patched in eventually, but how are we supposed to play our media library on the PS4 right now? Thankfully, there is a way — and it’s legal. Solar singlet fission bends the laws of physics to boost solar power efficiency by 30% July 11, 2014 at 11:27 am Chemists at the University of California Riverside (UCR) have devised a way of increasing solar cell efficiency by as much as 30%. With current photovoltaic cells unable to surpass 33% due to the Shockley-Queisser limit, a boost of 30%, to a total efficiency of 60% or more, would be absolutely huge — and exactly what solar power needs if it ever hopes to be a cost-efficient alternative to fossil fuel power generation. Best of all, though, this new method for boosting solar cell efficiency has an awesome name: singlet fission. OLDER Stories NEWER Stories Follow Follow @ExtremeTech ExtremeTech Newsletter Subscribe Today to get the latest ExtremeTech news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . 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