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LCD Screens Almost Paper-thin

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday May 10, 2003 @02:31AM 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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Not LCD.... by WareW01f · 2003-05-10 02:59 · Score: 5, Informative

Here is what the display is made of... And here is the last ./ story. Come on guys! Don't get my hopes up like that!

As a side note, I was at Epcot and got to see Xerox's Gyricon (now marketed as 'SmartPaper') up close and personal. The only issue was that the person at the booth barely knew how the stuff worked and did not have so much as a magnet to show it change. Someday...