23-01-2012, 04:38 PM
NOKIA MORPH TECHNOLOGY
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INTRODUCTION
The Morph concept
Launched alongside The Museum of Modern Art “Design and The Elastic Mind”
exhibition, the Morph concept device is a bridge between highly advanced technologies
and their potential benefits to end-users. This device concept showcases some
revolutionary leaps being explored by Nokia Research Center (NRC) in collaboration
with the Cambridge Nanoscience Centre (United Kingdom) – nanoscale technologies that
will potentially create a world of radically different devices that open up an entirely new
spectrum of possibilities.
Morph concept technologies might create fantastic opportunities for mobile devices:
•Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the
way we live
•Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving
•Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension
•Built- in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller,
longer lasting and faster to charge
•Integrated sensors might allow us to learn more about the environment around us,
empowering us to make better choices
Nokia Morph
Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable
and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different
shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable
of delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces.The
device, which is made using nanotechnology, is intended to demonstrate how cell phones
in the future could be stretched and bent into different shapes, allowing users to “morph”
their devices into whatever shape they want. Want to wear your cell phone as a bracelet?
No problem, just bend it around your wrist.
Collaboration Between NRC and University of Cambridge
The partnership between Nokia and the University of Cambridge was announced in
March, 2007 - an agreement to work together on an extensive and long term programme
of joint research projects. NRC has established a research facility at the University's
West Cambridge site and collaborates with several departments - initially the
Nanoscience Center and Electrical Division of the Engineering Department - on projects
that, to begin with, are centered on nanotechnology.
With the ability of the phone to take on a variety of shapes and sizes, most people may
not need to change phones so often as they currently have been doing so every 1.5 years
on average. According to Nokia, it would take seven years before Morph phones are
available at consumer markets.
Nokia Research Center
Nokia believes that effective research and development is vital to remaining competitive
in the mobile computing and communications industry. As of April 1, 2007, we had R&D
centers in 11 countries and employed 14,500 people in research and development,
representing approximately 32% of Nokia’s total workforce. R&D expenses totaled EUR
3,9 billion in 2006, representing 9,5% of Nokia’s net sales. We invest a substantial
portion of our resources in research and development activities within our principal
business groups Mobile Phones, Multimedia and Enterprise Solutions, Technology
Platforms , and in the Nokia Research Center (NRC).
