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Digital Clock as Thin as Paper

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the young-ladies-illustrated-primer dept.

Elitist_Phoenix writes "Citizen Watch has created a clock that is Paper thin! This unique design is enabled by E Ink Imaging Film. In addition to the fact that no backlighting is required, the display also has an inherently stable memory effect which requires no power to maintain an image - both of which drastically increase the battery life. The result is 1/100 the power consumption of traditional display options. Citizen Watch Co. and T.I.C.-Citizen Co. have not yet announced a launch date for this product, but it is expected to be commercialized in Japan in 2005."

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  1. Woohoo! by kc32 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I can lose my watch that much easier!

  2. Wow... by chriswaclawik · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait to see when these same guys make a single sheet of paper as thick as a digital clock! It would be sweet. I don't think I see many uses for it though...

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    1. Re:Wow... by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's in the works. I dug up a shot of an enginering prototype

      Someone also seems to be working on a clock that's made from a piece of paper that's as thick as a clock

      I hope this helps.

      -Peter

    2. Re:Wow... by EvilMidnightBomber · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can't wait to see when these same guys make a single sheet of paper as thick as a digital clock

      You have to go to Soviet Russia to buy those.

  3. In other news... by nxtr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Paper-thin redefined as cardboard-thick!

    1. Re:In other news... by serutan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe it's actually "wafer-thin" as in mints.

  4. Best ever by Ceirren · · Score: 5, Funny

    This could make the best t shirt ever. Of course you could probably never wash it, but who cares if you smell. You'd be too pimpin for people to complain.

    1. Re:Best ever by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "This could make the best t shirt ever. Of course you could probably never wash it, but who cares if you smell. You'd be too pimpin for people to complain."

      Sounds like the perfect Think Geek product!

      --
      "Derp de derp."
  5. Re:E-book by ciroknight · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...reasonably priced, non-DRM'd, long lasting battery...

    Pick two, then we'll talk.

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    "Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." G.W.Bush
  6. Re:Neat! by Rii · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, why not get this grafted into your arm? Just look at your wrist and see the time.

    Unfortunately, this could lead to your damnation if you put it on the back of your right hand and you're alive during the end times and you're not a christian before the rapture and it says 6:66 because.. uh... the antichrist likes metric time?

  7. welp by cyrix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Expect Flava Flav to start his own line of clock suits with this technology. YYYEEEAAAHHH BBBOOOYYY!!!!!!

  8. Re:Neat! by LordEd · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...wind up putting little clocks into notebooks...
    ...they rub on my wrist when I try to type

    are we talking notebook computers? Isn't there already a little clock on the screen in the lower-right corner (in both windows and linux)?

  9. Why Not... by Greyfox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why not just staple it to yourself? Then it wouldn't get lost. And you wouldn't need a band. The benefits are many!

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    I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?

    1. Re:Why Not... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just glance down at your wrist and BAM!

      BAM!? What... you walk into a tree?

  10. Imagine... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    A beowulf book of these. :)

    1. Re:Imagine... by PakProtector · · Score: 4, Funny

      I would go so far as to say that such a thing would be of epic proportions.

      --

      Edward@Tomato - /home/Edward/ man woman
      man: no entry for woman in the manual.
      "Qua!?"

  11. So, twenty-six years later.. by Zwets · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, twenty-six years after the publication of the Hitchhiker's Guide, and we still think digital clocks are a pretty neat idea.

    Humanity is doomed.

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