The “Digital Roll” – A New Laptop Concept That Breaks The Mould

Ask anyone what a laptop, a notebook, or a netbook looks like and the chances are they’ll tell you it has a screen and a keypad and is sort of square shaped but maybe with rounded corners.

Ask them to elaborate on differences between the various models and you are likely to hear about differences in thickness, whether it’s light or heavy, and the sizes of the screens.

Some may come out and speak about fancy features like raised keyboards or multi card slots, data security maybe.

Then you have those who would focus on the different colours and trims, whether it’s glossy or matt what they are made of and so on

That just isn’t an image the masses are likely to have in mind at all when you mention a laptop and yet that is exactly the design that computer scientist and designer Hao Hua has come up with.

Ok so it’s still at the conceptual stage and not a reality yet but what an exciting idea.

According to Hao Hua the digital roll as he calls it is “the next generation laptop design”. Personally, I can’t wait.

The laptop would have a flexible OLED screen, a roll-able keyboard and the straps double up as USB outlets.

It even has a mouse and a webcam that you can attach to your wrist. This really is computing on the go at its best.

Hao has even put a lot of thought into the cooling system which is equally as innovative as the rest of the desig

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