# Roll Up PC Monitors May Just Have Become Possible

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 6, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roll-up-pc-monitors-may-just-have-become-possible/278445 "2004-12-06T23:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roll-up-pc-monitors-may-just-have-become-possible/278445/1 "2004-12-06T23:49:40Z")

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[If they can get it into mass production, I sooo want one!](http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20041127/fob2.asp)

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> Imagine a car windshield that suddenly lights up to reveal a map of the city and directions to your next destination. Or picture a computer display that you can not only see through but also roll into a tube and slip into your coat pocket. Scientists in Japan have taken a major step to fulfilling such visions with the creation of a transparent transistor deposited on plastic.

I’m drooling already.