14 DAY TRIAL // Some of you might remember the Nokia Morph concept that surfaced to the Web about a year ago, but which went into the dark shortly after. A similar phone concept is now reported to have emerged, only that this time it comes from a company focused more on personal computer products, the giant chip maker Intel.
The Santa Clara-based company seems to have plans of making its own mobile phone, as it doesn't have one for the time being, but it doesn't want to go for a usual concept for the device. To be more precise, the company is reported to be planning on manufacturing a handset that would be able to change shape according to users' needs, one that would somehow resemble the above mentioned Nokia concept.
For what it's worth, the chip maker seems to be determined to turn the concept into reality, and even stated that it could be finished during the following three or five years. That would be a great thing, one should reckon, given the fact that Nokia said nothing about a possible manufacturing time frame for its Morph device.
What we should expect Intel to put on display would be a device that would feature the capability to change shape from a small cell phone to a larger tool, such as a netbook or a notebook, while only using the same amount of material. In addition, the company also says that the shapeshifting mobile phone would also allow users to transform it into any device that comes between the two, so as to be able to meet any of their needs.
While this concept sounds more like something taken out of a Sci-Fi movie, it seems that it could actually become reality quite easily. According to Jason Campbell, senior researcher at Intel, a phone able to change its shape so easily would be possible in case it is manufactured out of a lot of very small parts, working exactly the same as a biological system.
Take a look at the video below, to see Jason Campbell talking about materials and products that would be able to change shape.