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Electronic Paper Advances

Posted by timothy on from the let's-hope-so dept.

ke4roh writes "Electronic paper comes a step closer," says a Reuters article today. The paper, made by E-ink bends and makes for a higher contrast display, perhaps for e-books and cell phones. It reminds me of Jim Willard's Paper Computer, but their web site is history. Slashdot previously discussed color electronic paper."

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  1. Oh Frosty... by Flabby+Boohoo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How I love a frosty one. Pist that is.

    Boner.

  2. ZAP! by snatcheroo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've been using electronic paper for years. I just attach clips from an electrical socket to a sheet of tin foil...voila! Although I've saved on the cost of printer paper, my medical bill has skyrocketed...can't figure out why though.

  3. What will the community do with this? by SlashdotMirrorer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You see, this is yet another opportunity that I'm sure the open source community will miss out on. Letting Transmeta pick up and move to Microsoft and soon this are both events that, if open source does make it's mark on history, will be remembered as wasted chances.

    This might be a good time for the bearded terminal hackers out there to get their heads out of the sand waiting for an X Windows driver for electronic paper devices, and start changing the way they think about computing in these contexts.

    GUIs must change for the medium. You don't want to have to edit your .xinitrc to decide what loads up on a piece of paper. Apple, I'm sure, will be all over this, which is unfortunate, considering the hardware limitations.

    So are you going to let this one slip through your fingers too?

  4. Re:I might as well be one of the first to say it.. by rf0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Run..Run for the mountains. No wait mountain gorilas

    Rus
    - had to much caffine -

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  5. Re:Wearable displays by Tyler+Eaves · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sigh. Why does everyone insist on using base 256 for colors? A floating point 0 - 1 range is SOO much easier to work with /rant

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