Scientists have developed the world’s first foldable smartphone that changes to a tablet and a notebook using a set of screens and hinges. It’s called PaperFold. PaperFold automatically recognizes its shape and changes graphics to provide different functionality upon shape changes. The PaperFold was unvieled at the ACM CHI 2014 conference in Toronto. Researchers said the inspiration for PaperFold came from its namesake: Paper, Reports, PTI

The PaperFold is the brainchild of a team of Canadian designers and although it’s currently just a prototype it could change smartphone design forever.

"In PaperFold, each display tile can act independently or as part of a single system," said Dr Vertegaal, a professor in the School of Computing and Director of the Human Media Lab at Queen's University, Canada.
 

The PaperFold could finally solve the issue of a large format phone that’s small enough to squeeze inside your pocket.

Typically, mobile devices require scrolling or zooming in order to see different parts of a document whereas paper can be folded, detached or combined allowing it to be accessed in multiple parallel forms.