Future of mobile devices — energy efficient sensing, computing, and communication

The mobile phone is becoming a trusted personal device with fundamental new capabilities. New form factors of mobile device and their user interfaces require new concepts for transformable mechanics. Integration of electronics and user interface functions into structural components will be necessary. Modular architecture will enable use of optimal technology for any particular functionality and optimization of power consumption. Nanomaterials, new manufacturing solutions and energy sources together with increased memory and computing capacity will enhance the capabilities of mobile devices. Nanotechnologies will also enable embedding of intelligence into human everyday environments and body area networks. We have presented a concept device called the Morph that illustrates use and benefits of nanotechnologies in real life applications.