Bendable Electronic Paper

[Mr. Analog]

 Fujitsu has come out with a bendable electronic paper.

Hear that ticking sound traditional dead-tree media? That's the doom clock, a-clickin' for you...

[Shayne]

Fujitsu has come out with a bendable electronic paper.

Hear that ticking sound traditional dead-tree media? That's the doom clock, a-clickin' for you...

While i see it being useful.  I hardly think its gonna replace traditional paper.

[Mr. Analog]

 I guess we'll see, as the cost of wood and paper rises over time coupled with the shift from traditional news sources to integrated online versions I don't really think newspapers have that long to live anyway.

Do you read the paper? I don't. The only time I pick one up is when I want to shine my boots.

[Shayne]

I guess we'll see, as the cost of wood and paper rises over time coupled with the shift from traditional news sources to integrated online versions I don't really think newspapers have that long to live anyway.

Do you read the paper? I don't. The only time I pick one up is when I want to shine my boots.

we use paper for a lot more things then just newpapers.

We cant get people to shop online let alone use online banking.  A digitial paper source would be great as long as you only need one  Enough memory so that you could store say a years worth of bills, or a months worth of news.

[Darren Dirt]

 [cynical]So as you are walking along the street reading your copy of 1984 or Brave New World or Atlas Shrugged on this magic paper, you come within 20 feet of the GSBS (Government Societal Benefit Scanner) and voila! the contents of your inkless "book" have now suddenly been replaced by Sean Hammity's "Deliver Us From Evil" or similar.[/cynical]

I'm staying with paper. After all, where will I put all my hundreds bookmarks I have picked up at the library over the years... :rolleyes:

[Mr. Analog]

 [cynical]How do you know the version you are reading in print is the "original"?[/cynical]



Look, I see the application of this technology to newspapers as the future. Imagine a business model where you just sell one tabloid sized piece of e-paper and charge a subscription fee. No printing presses, no delivery trucks, no paperboys, no ink on your hands, no recycling trips, no junk ads.

If e-paper newspapers were available today, I'd have a subscription.

[Darren Dirt]

 LOL @ [cynical] ... me=pwned!

The newspaper, I can see... makes me think of Minority Report et al - scary to think how much newsprint goes into the trash (only 10% of it goes to recycle bins and bird cages... according to this nonexisting site.

...Gawrsh, imagine the photocopiers of the future...

[Darren Dirt]

 forget e-Ink and the like - how about e-PaintRolling!

Apparently these brilliant artists/engineers did the above as a result of earlier technology, displayed in this even cooler video: http://random-international.squarespace.co...orary-graffiti/


In summary, Pixel Roller Prototype One = "Light Roller". "In the first prototype, 'Light Roller', the pixels are in the form of a series of 12 ultra bright UV LEDs situated along its axis. These UV LEDs excite phosophescent ink and leave trails of pixels that fade with time. We are currently developing a paint version that uses inks to paint directly onto any surface, be it wall, floor, paper, grass or parking area..."

So some special ink is placed on the wall in advance, that is "excited" by UV leds. The computer turns on and off those leds based on the movement of the roller, and the position (based on feedback sensors, I presume). The "paint version" just uses a different ink, that makes it permanent.

* Way Cool! *

[Darren Dirt]

more "graffiti research lab" (LED Throwies, Electro-Graf, BORF, etc.) technowow...

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Night+Writer+LED&search=Search

The night writer extends the functionality of LED throwies by allowing a writer to catch a tag in lights. It's cheap, easy to make and writes 12-inch glowing letters 25-feet in the air on any iron or steel surface...if you stand on a turned over garbage can.
http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=19#instructions