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E-Paper Moves Closer
squaretorus sent in this story about electronic paper at the BBC. Seems that everytime any of the e-paper, e-ink, e-whatever companies have a new demo unit they run out and call a press conference. But none of it matters until they have ultra-thin, durable, flexible pages that can be manufactured cheaply...
...the day when microsoft has control of all the e-paper and if the more than three words change, it self-destructs.
my sig sucks.
Don't know about you guys, but the way they described how it works reminds me a bit of the good-ol-days with Etch-A-Sketch! =)
It better leave ink on my thumbs, and potty train my puppy!
...various makers of those little erasable sketch pads for kids scrambled to modify their products to mimic the "e-paper". One company released a statement saying "We're only switching from simple magnets to electromagnets, but in the end we can translate everything into digital media as a result"
... my sister rubbed it on the carpet, which zapped the memory... :-)
Has there already been a slashdot conversation about what the ebook revolution will effect the DMCA or the other way around? Will epaper be useless due to fear that they would only reproduce thing thing that had been done already? Doesn't this whole media come under the same laws as do today's formats?
I can invision the senario, "Sorry professor, I had my term paper finished but my epaper crashed."
Boss: Johnny, we're very happy with these new e-papers that you ordered. At first, I thought they were to expensive to justify, but I know now that they worth every penny.
Johnny: Thanks boss!
Boss: You're welcome Johnny. Do you think you'd be able to get the rest of them distributed to the clerks today?
Johnny: Sure no problem.
Boss: One other thing, can you set the network up so that each time someone opens a file on an e-paper, that the Laserjet 10,000 will print it out automatically?
Johnny: I suppose so, but why? *dull look of horro*
Boss: So that they can have a printout too, of course. *silently to himself* "Why do these computer people have to be so dense?!?"
Johnny: *silently to himself* "AAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHH!!! *sob* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHH!!!"
E-Papercuts. This will be followed by E-Bleeding, as well as the E-Band Aid(tm).
Ouch. That's going to hurt.