for the consumer market. The company was founded 2004 in
, California.
Nanotechnology
is a field of science dealing with the manipulation of matter at the
atomic and molecular levels, usually 100 nanometers or smaller, and the
fabrication of materials and devices at that scale.
For many years technology companies have envisaged devices created using nanotechnology.
Nokia
believe that nanotechnology has the potential to radically change the
way we view and use mobile devices within 7 years. They've recently
launched a concept device to show us just what nanotechnology will do
for our mobile experience.
In February 2008 they launched the Morph, a nanotechnology concept device developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the
University of Cambridge (UK).
Just
about everyone has spilled something on their mobile at one time or
another. Well, with the Morph that won't be a problem. The Morph will be
superhydrophobic making it extremely dirt repellent. So that ketchup, or whatever it is you spill on your Morph, will just run right off.
Don't
you just hate the way you have to keep charging your mobile. Well the
Morph will solve that problem too. It will be able to charge itself from
available light sources using
photovoltaic
nanowire grass covering it's surface. Nanowire grass will have far
greater surface area than traditional materials, allowing our solar
cells to become much smaller. And it's not just mobile devices that will
benefit from this technology. Buildings could soon be generating their
power from panels of nanowire grass.
Not sure about the food in
that restaurant? What if your mobile had built in sensors that could
detect specific chemical compounds in the air? You could simply wave it
over the en tray and dine with an easy mind. It seems our mobiles will
become ever more invaluable in the future.
Did you realize that
nanoscale electronics become invisible to the human eye? This has the
potential to deliver totally transparent devices. Imagine wafer thin
screens. In fact, the electronics that run the entire T.V. could be
built into the those wafer thin screens.
Nanoscale
electronics also allow stretching. Nokia envisage that a nanoscale mesh
of fibers, as strong as spider silk, will allow our mobile devices to
be bent, stretched and folded into any number of conceivable shapes.
Here
the Morph is viewed in a standard looking mobile configuration and in a
"Wrist Mode". Perhaps you're not sure if that green will go with any
of your outfits? Well not to worry. Just use the built in high
definition camera and assign the pattern from your favorite dress as
Morph's wallpaper.
Haptic
technology will allow the Morph's surface to become context specific.
Displaying real 3D buttons at one moment, while becoming flat as a
pancake the next.
According to Nokia, connecting people will become a lot more interesting in the future.