Lately, I’ve come across two articles about flexible screens. One is for small touch screens, the other is about video.
What’s particularly interesting about the video flexible screens is that the article in Technology Review states that there is a possibility that such screens could be “worn on wrists, and plastered on clothes.” Now imagine this for docs: what if, perhaps, you are working in a manufacturing facility and need some instructions on how to run a machine or something. What if you could just push a button on your sleeve and see a video about how to complete that task. Or who knows what else there might be? Could we really have video docs on our sleeves? The article doesn’t give much detail about types of information, but imagine the possibilities…(http://beta.technologyreview.com/computing/22758)
The other article, also from Technology Review, is about small, flexible touch screens. Perhaps you could have a device that fits in your back pocket that maybe could have an online quick reference guide on it? Or other instructions? Docs have to be designed with small devices in mind. (See link in the “A New Doc Strategy” post.)