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."

Comments

Excellent

[SpiffyMarc]

We're that much closer to those creepy animated singing cereal boxes from Minority Report...

does anyone else here feel old?

[circletimessquare]

remember those old, cabinet-sized gothic beautiful wooden radios with huge glowing tubes visible from the back? some of you might have only seen them in museums

did you think to yourself "good gosh, what archaic times" when you saw them? we probably all did

and then i see news like this, and know how people like us, who grew up with crt screens and space heater-looking computer cases with noisy fans in the back, will be seen as archaic some day ;-P

Re:It's a porno AND a tissue.

[SharpFang]

More and more, it seems like a large percentage is sex-starved, I-want-to-be-funny goofballs

This part is +1 insightful, rest looks like a typical flamebait. Note most nerds ARE sex-starved, funny goofballs - and this is their site with their news and their style comments! If you don't like that, move elsewhere, there are many science news sites on the web. The fact that slashdot is not as classy as YOU would like it, doesn't mean it needs to be changed. It means that YOU need to look for a more classy place.

And hell, somebody mod me offtopic or flamebait and I'll get really pissed off!

Re:Impressive. Now, when does it ship?

[JohnPM]

This type of post is starting to get about as interesting as "First Post!!" and "Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!"...

Every single new technology article covered gets someone saying "that's all well and good but they've been saying this for years. speak to me when i can buy one.".

Take the article for what it's worth. It's not a sales brochure or an investment prospectus, it's a science/tech piece.