The screen is on show at the the FPD International Green Device 2010 trade-show in China, and is displayed naked alongside versions in a prototype "e-reader" and a small notebook.

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The great symbol of American mobility is morphing into a network device, a data-generating green machine plugged into a matrix of power grids, cloud computers and social media.

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In the case of our device, the plastic emerged with a green color, slowly turning black as it slid out like hot, plastic soft serve ice cream.

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As a result, the Sensiboil is largely hidden to the eye, apart from a green and a red button that activates or stops the device working.

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The researchers used Green June Beetles to determine the best place to locate the device.

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One such project is called NewsFlash, and uses high-frequency red and green light to transmit data to the built-in camera on a receiving device -- in this case Samsung's Epic 4G.

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FakeSecSuite, appears as a red, green, blue and yellow shield icon and drops a Trojan that steals incoming text messages and device information, shipping them off to a remote server.

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