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New York, US and Espoo, Finland - Morph, a joint nanotechnology
concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University
of Cambridge (UK) - was launched today alongside the "Design and the
Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008,
at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Morph features in
both the exhibition catalog and on MoMA's official website.

Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might
be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their
mobile device into radically different shapes.  It demonstrates the
ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of
delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and
self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer,
Nokia, commented: "Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to
reinvent the form and function of mobile devices; the Morph concept
shows what might be possible".

Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Head of the NRC Cambridge UK laboratory, Nokia,
commented: "We hope that this combination of art and science will
showcase the potential of nanoscience to a wider audience. The
research we are carrying out is fundamental to this as we seek a safe
and controlled way to develop and use new materials."

Professor Mark Welland, Head of the Department of Engineering's
Nanoscience Group at the University of Cambridge and University
Director of Nokia-Cambridge collaboration added: "Developing the
Morph concept with Nokia has provided us with a focus that is both
artistically inspirational but, more importantly, sets the technology
agenda for our joint nanoscience research that will stimulate our
future work together."

The partnership between Nokia and the University of Cambridge was
announced in March, 2007 - an agreement to work together on an
extensive and long term programme of joint research projects.  NRC
has established a research facility at the University's West
Cambridge site and collaborates with several departments - initially
the Nanoscience Center and Electrical Division of the Engineering
Department - on projects that, to begin with, are centered on
nanotechnology.
Elements of Morph might be available to integrate into handheld
devices within 7 years, though initially only at the high-end.
However, nanotechnology may one day lead to low cost manufacturing
solutions, and offers the possibility of integrating complex
functionality at a low price.
For further information, please visit the websites
www.moma.org/elasticmind and 

http://www.nokia.com/A4126514



Photos are available on www.nokia.com/press -> Photos -> Corporate -
Research and Development.

About Nokia Research Center
Nokia Research Center (NRC) looks beyond Nokia's existing business
and product development to challenge current strategies and to
stimulate renewal in the company's direction.  Working closely with
all Nokia business units, NRC's research explores new frontiers in
digital services, physical-digital connections, human interaction,
data and content technologies, device architecture, and access and
connectivity.  NRC promotes open innovation by working on research
projects in collaboration with universities and research institutes
around the world.  For more information, see our website:


http://research.nokia.com

About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries.
Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with
experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games
and business.  Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services
for communications networks.

About the University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge will celebrate its 800th anniversary in
2009. It is one of the finest universities in the world, a superb
British university with global reach. It is renowned for its 31
colleges and world class teaching departments, ground breaking
research and breathtaking architecture. It attracts the very best and
brightest students, regardless of background, and offers one of the
UK's most generous bursary schemes.

Cambridge was recently ranked number two in the world and the number
one University outside the US, in two separate surveys, the Shanghai
Jiao Tong University 2006 survey, and in the Times Higher Education
magazine's world rankings.

Cambridge people have been awarded more Nobel Prizes than those from
any other UK university with more than 80 laureates.

The Nanoscience Centre is an 1800m² research facility completed in
January 2003 and located at the north east corner of the University's
West Cambridge Site. The Centre provides open access to over 300
researchers from a variety of University Departments to the
nanofabrication and characterisation facilities housed in a
combination of Clean Rooms and low noise laboratories. Office space
is primarily home to the Department of Engineering's Nanoscience
Group, technical and administrative staff and members of other
research groups who require long term access to facilities.
www.nanoscience.cam.ac.uk

The Electrical Engineering Division of the Department of Engineering
is housed in a purpose-built laboratory in the University's West
Cambridge site that was opened in January 2006 that includes a 650 m2
clean facility, dark rooms, chemical laboratories and electronics
labs.  It builds on Cambridge's history of world-leading research in
Photonics and Electronics by significantly enhancing collaboration
with industry and by providing a focus for multidisciplinary research
involving over 200 engineers, as well as chemists, physicists,
materials scientists and bioscientists.  It includes the 'Centre for
Advanced Photonics and Electronics' and the 'Cambridge Integrated
Knowledge Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for
Photonics and Electronics'.


http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/div-b/divhomeB.shtml

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