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  1. Re:paper cell? by Chrontius · · Score: 1 · on Cell Phone On A Chip

    Actually, I think he was talking about Diceland Technologies. Unfortunately their webpage seems to be a placeholder, so I'll dredge up a link to the archived version. I'd still like to see those things, but I quit holding my breath a few years ago.

  2. Re:Yeah! by thynk · · Score: 1 · on Circuits Everywhere

    Thanks for the ground work AC. Looks like Hop-on is actually making a go of it and has actual product on some of the shelves. News stories from this year even! Also look like DTC Products (the orignal link I was thinking of has given up the ghost.

    I for one wouldn't mind having an ultra cheap paper cell phone that I could keep in the car, and maybe one for the kids to keep in their backpacks for emergencies. At prices between $5 and $40, even the working class can get these. Cell phones in happy meals?

  3. Re:We've already got these by Chasuk · · Score: 2 · on Hop-On Hops Back On the PR Bandwagon

    What ever happened to the disposable phone from Dieceland Technologies, which was supposed to be made from laminated paper?

    They are promoting it as self-activating, and to be available in convenience stores and gas stations. I imagine the cheap manufacturing process and economies of scale would keep the cost low.

  4. Disposable cell phone exists by Arkhan · · Score: 1 · on MIT Technology Review on Where Orwell Went Wrong

    You'll definitely see it in your lifetime, because it is already here.

    It's made more or less of paper, so that shouldn't be an issue in disposal... but there's the battery to worry about, of course.

  5. think outside the box... by neilv · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Rolling Your Own Laptop?
    ...literally. one of the other comments centered on how difficult it is to build laptops, which is true - that's why they cost more.

    but what is a laptop, after all? it's a portable computing device. You can buy really tiny computers, such as tiqit or pocket pc (many slashdot articles on these) :


    add a fold-up keyboard, and a 5G PCMCIA drive


    And a display device, either a portable screen (there are wireless screens out there) or glasses:



    and you've got a really small computer. There are also a couple articles I've seen on building a "laptop" into a small stainless steel or brushed aluminum brief case.

    Obviously, designing a motherboard and integrating everthing into a nifty case would be nice, but that's where the cost comes in. Buying really small parts isn't cheap, but building your own thang never is. But you *can* build a really small, portable computer, pretty much tailored to your needs.

    You might also consider (if you really want to go for the gusto) the new technology that lets you output circuits via a printer (which thus far has been used to create cell phones and batteries):


    but I see no reason you couln't print custom PC's! In short, although it may not be cheaper, it is I think possible to build something small, light, portable, and tailored to your design. And if you do, could you send me one?

    cheers,

    neil
    neil@dove-tail.com
  6. Re:I liked the inventor's rationale... by drwiii · · Score: 1 · on Paper Phones

    Soon enough, from the looks of it..

  7. Did you read their press release? Lol! by mactari · · Score: 1 · on $10 Paper Mobile Phone To Launch This Year

    The press release seems to have been written by that college friend we all have who's out of control with exclamation points and capitalization and who never quite understood the rules of grammar.

    Here are some classics from the release.

    We are changing the paradigm from every angle.

    We are a company that makes things happen!!! Product is KING and unlike all these .com companies, which go public with no substance behind them, our IPO will bring about changes that put products that people want, in the palm of their hands!!!

    Believe me, there's more -- and it gets better. With all this well-written language, they simply must be real, right? Right?!! ;^D

    Ruffin Bailey

  8. Doctored Photo? by Calle+Ballz · · Score: 2 · on $10 Paper Mobile Phone To Launch This Year

    look at this picture....

    Is it just me or does it look somewhat fake? The numbers on the buttons of the phone do not line up, and seem to have been cut and pasted using an imaging program.

  9. Re:Uh, oh. We've heard this before... by SEWilco · · Score: 2 · on Cringley: Chip Manufacturing To Radically Change

    Actually, there are at least two companies. Dieceland Tech Corp is promising a $10 phone, and this Register story says a $20 laptop also. The DTC "future" page has an image of a laptop but no details.