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Paper Capable Of Playing Videos Developed
Makarand writes "Nature has posted an article describing paper capable of displaying video using rearrangeable electronic ink, being produced by Philips Research Labs (in the Netherlands). The paper-display draws
power from a lightweight battery, and displays data stored in a portable chip. The display consists of pixels containing a drop of colored ink that can spread over a reflective white background under electrical control to create colors. With fast switching times and lower switching voltages, these paper-displays are capable of displaying video images."
How convenient...
(With apologies to David Spade)
I liked it better the first time...
When it was called Etch-A-Sketch.
Karma: Excellent (In Soviet Russia, karma pimps YOU)
Boring...they had all that in Harry Potter two years ago, and oil paintings that talk ;-)
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
When is it enough? How much can our wee little monkey brains take? I'm guessing that the 'eXtREEEM' of the future will be advertising that may kill old people or small children.
Of course, the perfect app for this is e-paper voting! Now elections can be rigged *and* everyone can have a copy of their vote!
(Note: Votes subject to change)
Tired of the bored centerfolds that just sit there?
No, no more Flash! Make it stop!
Who needs this type of technology?
Shit, we've had all we need to watch the drawings on our paper move around since 1938!
Turn on, tune in, drop out!
How about "video" car paint? I'm sure noone would notice I don't own 5 different cars or that I'm not really sitting in a Porsche. :)
with paper like that.
Time to get rid of my old habit of wiping my ass with the newspaper I just finish reading.
And a beowulf cluster of these will make some funky toilet paper rolls.
You will be able to print webpages with the tag properly!
45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A B2
Take it a step further... /BEGIN PATENT
/END PATENT
And you could have a newspaper or a can of coke changing it's ads wirelessly depending on your location.
So if you went into the Sony store you would get sony ads or if you went into Fry's Electronics you would see their specials for that Fridays ads!
Then I wouldn't have to get the weekend paper anymore just for the ads!
But think of the nightmares this would cause with advertisers AMP'ing up their ads signals so that they would get better distance into a competitors store!
So if I overclock one of these, "burned out" will finally become a whole new meaning...? :)
I doubt the paper would flicker at the refresh rate like a CRT does though. Cheap LCD like on a mobile phone have a slow refresh rate that's usually insufficient for video. However they don't flicker and don't hurt your eyes.
For example, a normal piece of paper has a refresh rate of 0, but doesn't hurt your eyes the way you're talking about.
Karma police, I've given all I can, it's not enough, I've given all I can, but we're still on the payroll.
Its called paperbacks and they pretty much disintegrate if you read them for 6 months.
..increase the market for Paper-view [sic] movies..
(strange that that one hasnt turned up yet)
It uses a thermonuclear power source for illumination - the sun. Or the moon if you squint. Or a lamp. Perhaps a campfire...
Reflection is the key - that's why it is "paper".
If the paper feels / looks like "normal" print paper, this could very well be used for sending encrypted messages that looks like, say, a story about how many girls you got laid during the summer hols
Gee, it only takes one bit to represent that. Actually, only half a bit (the 0 part).