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Digital Clock as Thin as Paper
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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This is the first major step to a digital newspapper. Walking around with a piece of paper that always has the lattest news (and or slashdot storys) would be convinient. Though it would acomplish the same task as a laptop a cheaper , low power consumption standalone , tangible papper would be an amazing consumer product. When the product makes it down to a reasonibly priced level(sub dollar) they will be used for memos buiness papers , homework. Merging this tecnology with touch screens is going to lead to a point where digital and tactile data merge. Where you can crumple up an email and toss it in the can. Send a copy of the sketch of the boss you scribbled on a sheet of digital paper and send it to everyone in the office. Magazines can have movies (XXX market get on that). Money could have a number that changes over time and can be checked against the bank for security, your identification can say your age not your birthdate, you would only have to buy one calender for the rest of your life. and board games could be replaced. This is a much bigger step to the vision of the future , a paperless society, then viewing it as a clock is making it out to be.
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Yes, it is; because that thing is horrific.
This is a wall clock, not a wrist watch. It is 1 meter wide.
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http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/2005
For a clock like this the electronics are still brain-dead simple because the digits are still only seven segments each. But they surely can't be far behind with a 1-meter wide high resolution flat screen monitor. Now *that* would be seriously cool, with the 180 degree viewing angle and all the other goodies. And if they put it in a flexible mount, you could just roll it up into a poster tube to carry it around with you. No more lugging around bulky "compact" LCD projectors to do presentations, just unroll a several-meter-wide screen and hang it on a wall. This E-ink is some seriously cool stuff.
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How about a shirt with a USB port & flash memory so you could put all kinds of crazy pics on your shirt. Or possibly some sort of scripting language for ever-changing fractals.
Considering the typical first uses of a new technology, I actually forsee people walking around with short porn videos looping on their shirts.
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