FlexCase is the case that Microsoft develops to enhance the use of our smartphone

Accessories are an increasingly important part when we talk about telephony and our portable gadgets in general. In this field, Apple is the king, partly favored by its limited range of products, also boasting incredible sales so that manufacturers feel tempted to launch accessories of all kinds, whether for iPhone, iPad or iPod. In addition, the same company that makes the bitten apple knows it and regularly launches interesting add-ons.

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A movement that all companies take note of, because we are no longer talking about accessories as we would say in Chinese, but innovative and proven accessories In the case of Microsoft a few months ago I was able to test the keyboard of the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and I had to say that I was amazed and maybe with this case project, the FlexCase , if it finally materializes, they can have the same success."

And the fact is that the people from Redmond are working together with the University of Applied Sciences of Upper Austria and the Joanneum Research Institute of Surface Technologies and Photonics on this kind of cover for our mobile phones, but not It is not a standard case, but it presents a more advanced operation enhancing the functions that can be carried out with the mobile and to better understand the concept, nothing is easier to watch a video.

The cover responds to the name of FlexCase, we already said it and as you can see it is a flexible cover, still in phase of development, which is based on the use of a flexible e-paper screen with pressure and curvature sensors, so that we can use it in combination with our smartphone.

It would be something like having two screens on the same device, with the advantage of the thinness and low consumption of this screen electronic paper.

The functions of the screen could vary according to the use that we are making of our terminal at that moment and thus we could find a complete keyboard , a complementary screen to draw with your finger or a notepad to point while watching a video.

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This is a development that is still in a very early phase but that gives us a glimpse of what may be the path to be taken by many manufacturersin the future when smart accessories that truly add value to our gadget of the day, reach the market."

Via | Gizmondo