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Flexible Electronic Paper

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the roll-up-your-laptop-and-put-it-in-your-pocket dept.

shri writes "E Ink has just announced a breakthrough in flexible electronic paper displays. The new display which has a 100DPI resolution and is only 300 microns thick has the potential of truely changing the way we read our information."

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  1. First graders by connah0047 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now teachers will have a REALLY good reason to tell their first graders, "STOP EATING PAPER JIMMY! Didn't you learn when Ralph burned his tongue off last week?!"

  2. Agreed by Hey+Pope+Felcher+.+. · · Score: 5, Funny

    has the potential of truely changing the way we read our information.

    Indeed, instead of holding the paper flat, I shall now use the double sided version of electronic paper and construct a moebius strip to read my information.

  3. the future of aviation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    High tech paper airplanes, here we come!

  4. Not sure how feasible this is by casualsax3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It sounds nice on paper though.

  5. Re:Make mine writable.. by halivar · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, what you've got is a really, really expensive pencil and paper. All you save is eraser rubbings.

  6. Truely. by HunterZ · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...has the potential of truely changing the way we read our information."

    I'm going to wait for version 2.0, which will include a spell checker.

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