10 Incredible Inventions Which Could Change The Future Of The Planet

8. Flexible Tablets

The way in which people consume media changes constantly - ten years ago the idea of slim tablets with touch screen interaction was something we saw in movies, yet now smart phones and other devices come with this as standard. No matter how slim and lightweight a manufacturer makes a tablet or smart phone, they can't get around the fact that it's rigid and inflexible. Introducing the flexible tablet, a device which has the potential to take the way we view images to the next level. Beyond pocket-sized flexible tablets and replacing gadgets such as Kindle, larger screens could change the way we view movies. Samsung already have a variety of flexible phones and other devices in development, so we can expect these to become standard in the not too distant future. Where visual displays might go from there is hard to say - although if movies are anything to go by then interactive holographic displays should be on the way soon.