全球首款柔性屏ReFlex手機亮相:讓人驚訝!

A new flexible smartphone design could change the way users interact with their devices. ReFlex, developed by researchers at Queen's University, uses 'bend sensors' to control app interactions, and simulates physical forces through detailed vibrations.

一款柔性智慧機能改變使用者與裝置的互動方式。由加拿大皇后大學研究人員開發的ReFlex柔性手機就是採用彎曲感測器來控制應用程式，並通過不同的振動級別來模擬物理力度。

According to its creators, consumers might be able to get their hands on the bendy smartphone within the next five years.

據該手機開發者稱，消費者有望在未來五年內接觸到這款可彎曲的智慧手機。

If you hold a book open and bend it in the middle, the pages will begin to turn. A deeper bend will flip the pages more quickly. ReFlex works on a similar principle, explains Roel Vertegaal, director of the Human Media Lab at Queen's University, where the phone was created.

如果你手中拿著一本開啟的書，從中間彎曲，頁面就開始翻動，彎曲的幅度越大，翻閱的速度就越快。皇后大學人類媒體實驗室主管洛爾·維特加爾解釋道，ReFlex的執行原理與之相似。

The design combines multitouch with bend input, allowing a user to control actions on the phone by bending it. This means that a person can flip through pages on a virtual book just by bending the phone, and it will produce feedback that mimics the real sensation.

該手機設計結合了多點觸控與彎曲輸入功能，允許使用者通過彎曲手機螢幕實現手機的操作控制。這意味著一個人可以通過彎曲手機來實現虛擬書本翻頁，而手機能產生模擬的反饋。

'This represents a completely new way of physical interaction with flexible smartphones,' said Vertegaal. 'When this smartphone is bent down on the right, pages flip through the fingers from right to left, just like they would in a book. More extreme bends speed up the page flips. Users can feel the sensation of the page moving through their fingertips via a detailed vibration of the phone. This allows eyes-free navigation, making it easier for users to keep track of where they are in a document.'

“這代表了柔性智慧手機與物理互動的全新結合方式，”維特加爾說道，“當智慧手機從右邊向下彎曲時，頁面將從右至左從手指間劃過，就像我們看書那樣，彎曲的幅度越大，翻閱的速度越快。使用者可以通過手機振動感受到頁面在指尖劃過的感覺，這樣使用者在看文件時就允許眼睛自由遊覽，看到哪裡只需彎曲螢幕翻動即可。”

The phone has a high definition 720p LG Display Flexible OLED touchscreen, and uses an Android 4.4 KitKat board mounted on the side. In the back, bend sensors detect the forces applied to the screen, and a voice coil produces tactile feedback through vibrations.

該款手機採用了720p高清解析度LG柔性OLED觸控式螢幕，作業系統是安卓4.4，主機板被安裝在螢幕的兩側。而在手機的背部，彎曲感測器負責監測施加在螢幕上的力度，還有一個音圈能通過振動產生觸覺反饋。

When a user plays the 'Angry Birds,' game with ReFlex, they bend the screen to stretch the sling shot.

當使用者玩兒《憤怒的小鳥》的時候，他們可以通過彎曲螢幕來完成彈射。