Again, however, the technology needs a flexible backing to drive it.

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The company is also creating an ultra slim flexible glass which will drive improvements in high performance displays.

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"Ultimately, this should make the internet more flexible and efficient, and will drive innovation among service providers to cater to user needs, " report co-author Rudra Dutta told The Abstract.

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The problem with flexible displays is not so much the screen but the drive electronics that switch the individual polymer pixels on and off.

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What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change -- to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives systems to drive the change, and to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential.

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If Europe's economies do not drive forward towards a single market, with labour markets that are more flexible (and international), there is a growing risk that some of its members will eventually find the gulf between their economies and their monetary policies too wide to endure.

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