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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...
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.
Tired of the bored centerfolds that just sit there?
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!
If you can operate your Etch-a-Sketch quickly enough to display 80Hz video on it, then you really need to cut down on the caffeine...
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
So if I overclock one of these, "burned out" will finally become a whole new meaning...? :)
Forget paint, imagine your car's paint job as one giant, instantly changable bumper sticker. Now you can finally tell the guy who just cut you off, or the jackass who is sitting on your bumper just where he can stick his tailpipe in large-type plain english!