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Flexible Touchscreen Could Prompt Sleeker, Curvier Tablets, Smartphones

Perhaps someday. Atmel, which makes hardware used in devices from Samsung, Acer and LG, this week introduced XSense, a flexible touchscreen the company claims can fuel a new wave of lighter, sleeker bendable smartphones and tablets. The video above, aimed at industrial designers, posits that the flexible touchscreens could also be used for "completely new products" such as coffee machines and watches. According to a press release, the company was able to make this breakthrough via a "proprietary roll-to-roll metal mesh technology. "