Flexible Display Center

The Flexible Design Center brings together academia, industry and government to develop revolutionary information portals – devices that are small, lightweight, rugged and consume very little power. Flexible display technology will enable new applications for the soldier and Army platforms that cannot be realized with current glass-based displays. These will include body-worn displays that conform to the uniform; displays that can be rolled up and put in a pocket when not in use and unrolled for large-area, high information content; and many other applications that Army engineers and scientists are considering.

The signature 250,000-square-foot facility originally was designed for flat-panel display R&D to manufacturing. It includes 43,500 square feet of advanced clean room space, plus extensive wet and dry labs. ASU acquired the facility to enable a very rapid startup for the project, a scenario the Army deemed important to the project’s success.