World?s 1st Bendable Color Electronic Paper With Memory Function

[Digixcam]

Cool stuff, hope we will be seeing more applications of this technology next time

Fujitsu has developed the world?s 1st film substrate-based bendable color electronic paper with image memory function. This breakthrough electronic paper features vivid color images that are unaffected even when the screen is bent, and is capable of continuous display of the same image without the need for electricity. It uses very low power (1/100 to 1/10000 the energy of conventional display technology) to change screen images, thus making it ideal for displaying information in public areas as a type of new electronic media that can be handled as easily as paper. The electronic paper consists of 3 displaying layers - red, blue, and green. Since no color filters or polarizing layers are required, The colors featured are significantly more vivid than conventional reflective-type LCDs.

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[So]

Wow! Cool. Good to see progress being made. The real question though...is the process simple enough that it might some day be CHEAP enough to replace real paper?

 

[dug777]

sounds rather crafty.

 

[OffTopic1]

Originally posted by: So
Wow! Cool. Good to see progress being made. The real question though...is the process simple enough that it might some day be CHEAP enough to replace real paper?

There isn't a need for a book full of paper film because the content can be store greater density using other known media, and it would be cheaper to 1 single surface for viewing for a single viewer. Single large screen is the way to go if you want to target multi viewer at the same time.

Maybe one day this tech would find it way to lower power lightweight laptop, wall/windows screen, or rollup computer.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

awesome

 

[gabemcg]

I want to get my subscription to Maximum PC on that stuff...

 

[EyeMWing]

If publications are ever done in that form, don't think you'll be getting more than one "sheet." Think along the lines of a Star Trek datapad (not a tricorder, we already have those, they're called "PDAs") - thin, lightweight, stuffed with data and a coupla buttons. One button to go to the next page, one button to go back. Textbooks, of course, would be a bit more advanced. The actual "book" would be stored on a flash chip - low power to read, and low power to post to the screen. Power would be from 1 or 2 CR2032's or something. Personally, I can't wait.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: OffTopic

Originally posted by: So
Wow! Cool. Good to see progress being made. The real question though...is the process simple enough that it might some day be CHEAP enough to replace real paper?

There isn't a need for a book full of paper film because the content can be store greater density using other known media, and it would be cheaper to 1 single surface for viewing for a single viewer. Single large screen is the way to go if you want to target multi viewer at the same time.

Maybe one day this tech would find it way to lower power lightweight laptop, wall/windows screen, or rollup computer.

I'd expect at least two pages, so I could have a folding, book style experience, and it would be ideal to have a real book, that you could load any book onto.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: OffTopic

Originally posted by: So
Wow! Cool. Good to see progress being made. The real question though...is the process simple enough that it might some day be CHEAP enough to replace real paper?

There isn't a need for a book full of paper film because the content can be store greater density using other known media, and it would be cheaper to 1 single surface for viewing for a single viewer. Single large screen is the way to go if you want to target multi viewer at the same time.

Maybe one day this tech would find it way to lower power lightweight laptop, wall/windows screen, or rollup computer.

I'd expect at least two pages, so I could have a folding, book style experience, and it would be ideal to have a real book, that you could load any book onto.

Well, you'd get one sheet folded in half in a 2-sheet configuration. Save cost that way. Hell, when this goes commercial, I may buy a sheet and prototype it (and patent the living hell out of it)

 

[So]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: OffTopic

Originally posted by: So
Wow! Cool. Good to see progress being made. The real question though...is the process simple enough that it might some day be CHEAP enough to replace real paper?

There isn't a need for a book full of paper film because the content can be store greater density using other known media, and it would be cheaper to 1 single surface for viewing for a single viewer. Single large screen is the way to go if you want to target multi viewer at the same time.

Maybe one day this tech would find it way to lower power lightweight laptop, wall/windows screen, or rollup computer.

I'd expect at least two pages, so I could have a folding, book style experience, and it would be ideal to have a real book, that you could load any book onto.

Well, you'd get one sheet folded in half in a 2-sheet configuration. Save cost that way. Hell, when this goes commercial, I may buy a sheet and prototype it (and patent the living hell out of it)

I'd assume that an actual CREASE would still lead to LCD like breakage, if only due to the pixel wiring and the 'film' nature of the tech.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: OffTopic

Originally posted by: So
Wow! Cool. Good to see progress being made. The real question though...is the process simple enough that it might some day be CHEAP enough to replace real paper?

There isn't a need for a book full of paper film because the content can be store greater density using other known media, and it would be cheaper to 1 single surface for viewing for a single viewer. Single large screen is the way to go if you want to target multi viewer at the same time.

Maybe one day this tech would find it way to lower power lightweight laptop, wall/windows screen, or rollup computer.

I'd expect at least two pages, so I could have a folding, book style experience, and it would be ideal to have a real book, that you could load any book onto.

Well, you'd get one sheet folded in half in a 2-sheet configuration. Save cost that way. Hell, when this goes commercial, I may buy a sheet and prototype it (and patent the living hell out of it)

I'd assume that an actual CREASE would still lead to LCD like breakage, if only due to the pixel wiring and the 'film' nature of the tech.

Hrm, maybe I'd better buy two sheets for my prototyping

 

[dighn]

very nice can't wait for it to be in actual use (with affordable prices of course). the applications are limitless :Q

 

[SynthDude2001]

Dug tells me he wants some dual-sheet pr0n action with this stuff :Q

 

[Mo0o]

I'm scared to even ask what a 8 1/2 x 11 would cost

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Dug tells me he wants some dual-sheet pr0n action with this stuff :Q

true...

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
I'm scared to even ask what a 8 1/2 x 11 would cost

Eleventy billion dollars.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
If publications are ever done in that form, don't think you'll be getting more than one "sheet." Think along the lines of a Star Trek datapad (not a tricorder, we already have those, they're called "PDAs") - thin, lightweight, stuffed with data and a coupla buttons. One button to go to the next page, one button to go back. Textbooks, of course, would be a bit more advanced. The actual "book" would be stored on a flash chip - low power to read, and low power to post to the screen. Power would be from 1 or 2 CR2032's or something. Personally, I can't wait.

Yeah... exactly. This sounds awesome.