From DailyTech:

Roll-up, transparent computers and displays are just one of the neat sci-fi gadgets a new material from Northwestern University may lead to. 

DailyTech has in the past covered research into the effects of long term exposure to space bound radiation on humans. Though mankind has spent many years in space, the effects of prolonged exposure, even under ideal circumstances, are as of yet unknown. Though the human part of space travel is the most important part of the equation for manned flight, radiation poses a series threat to other participants – especially electronics.

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