New Display Technology to Compete with LCDs?

NetRanger writes "C|Net's News.com has a really interesting article to a new display technology that is based on interference of light patterns. The company, Iridigm, has a very compelling case for why their display method is far superior to LCD, including far brighter displays, far less power consumption... but the cool this is that the display actually works like RAM (it retains its state until voltage is applied to reset it) -- so what do you see when the driver crashes?"

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nice, but

[Knife_Edge]

What I want is e-paper, paper that can be written on digitally, by people with the proper pens and machines with the proper hardware. This sounds a lot like a step in that direction.

My idea for the use of this paper is for notebook computers to be like scrolls. Initially just a tube, you pull out the screen which is rolled up inside (and has a rigid piece across the top), and unfold two braces (on both sides) to hold it in place.

They already have keyboards that you can roll up, why not screens? The scroll-book would do the same thing to store the keyboard as with the screen.

Persistence of images when the power goes off is a big requirement for digital paper. But I'm waiting for the scroll-book, which please note could double as a book and notebook if you could write on it with a digital pen. Don't unfurl the keyboard if you don't want to type into it.