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The Gadget Show Live 2012 has been on this week and as always it was a chance for a range of electronic manufacture companies to showcase their latest products.

This year has seen a range of interesting products on display such as latex clothing that utilises neuro-technology to light up depending on the wearer’s level of concentration. There have been many executive toys on show to assist in transport, such as the solowheel which is going to retail at a bank breaking £1,899 and reaches speeds of 12mph and SpinKix which travel at a slightly less 8mph but cost a lot less. As well as new technology there are also improvements on existing tech such as cameras with improved capabilities.

A great technology on display from electronic manufacture giant LG is their dual play technology for use with games and their 3D TVs. The tech works by splitting the 3D imagery from the TV into two separate images and comes supplied with two sets of glasses. The glasses show the different images from the screen, so one player sees his screen and the other sees theirs. This allows multiplayer gaming to take place without players cheating and seeing the other players screen. Brilliant.

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We’re always interested in different forms of electronic manufacture and this week flexible displays caught our eye.

LG revealed that they are now moving ahead with mass production of flexible plastic e-paper displays. The device measures 6inches and features a 1024 x 768 display, weighing in at just 14g. One of the biggest drawbacks though is that the screen is monochrome.

So what are LG hoping to achieve with this flexible black and white device? Well they hope it will help to further improve and popularise the electronic-book market with a lighter and thinner alternative to large E-readers such as the Kindle and Kobo. Whether this flexible technology will take off is yet to be seen but if the technology develops to point when you can simply roll up a digital display and place it in your pocket then it will be very useful to many people.