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LCD Screens Almost Paper-thin

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the dynamic-placemats dept.

DarklordSatin writes "Nature.com has an article up about new LCDs that are thin enough to roll up and can display black and white at 96 dpi. More coverage by Wired and Scientific American. Thanks go to Arstechnica for the heads up." Wow. Let the speculation for new uses begin! Update: 05/10 14:59 GMT by CN : Whoops, this is really a dupe of an older story that slipped through because I only searched for LCDs. Ah well, it's still cool.

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  1. upcoming slashdot headlines by JanusFury · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Linux almost takes over the desktop
    Slashdot almost never posts dupes
    Windows almost doesn't suck anymore
    Trolls almost never post on slashdot anymore
    Slashdot almost never posts dupes
    RIAA almost makes an intelligent decision
    ???
    Profit! ... Er, wait, wrong list.

    More seriously, 'almost' isn't a very exact term. While we're basing size on objects, what type of paper are we talking about? Are these lcd's as thick as toilet paper? Construction paper?

    And hey, I thought the size problem with lcd's wasn't the lcd but the controller and backlight, anyway...?

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  2. Re:Whoa by JanusFury · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Imagine the bragging rights you'd have making an intelligent post on slashdot.

    Whoa.

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  3. Sorry, slashdot editors are total fu*king idiots by HEbGb · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    First of all, it's not an LCD. It's e-ink, just like you already wrote about THREE DAYS AGO. Second of all, I've seen these demos, and the displays are totally unusable. Eink has sunk tens of millions into this, and are still very far away from something that actually has a working matrix display, or reliability.

    My bet is that E-ink is running low on investor $$ *yet again*, so they try to drum up a little press to get the VC's to open their wallets *yet again*.

    But that's besides the point. Editors, not only is this a dupe story, but the headline is TOTALLY WRONG. Reminds me a lot of the embarrassing article about the bogus security consultant you guys posted yesterday.

    Is a *little bit* of journalistic integrity too much to ask? I've HAD IT.