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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. 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.

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

    It sounds nice on paper though.

  3. Re:FAX resolution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Considering that most of us are staring at a 96 DPI screen at the moment, I'd say that 100 DPI is pretty darn good for a digital screen. It's still behind paper, but not by too much. 150 DPI is excellent quality. Anything over that only increases sharpness and fidelity.

    144dpi = dot matrix

    This is somewhat misleading. Many dot matrix printers weren't able to produce dots without gaps, giving the paper a ridged appearance. As long as the pixels are flush on this display, you shouldn't have any problems.

  4. Re:Needs battery all the time ? by SimilarityEngine · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to this page, the paper retains the image when the power is removed. Even more info here (PDF).

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  5. Re:FAX resolution by dsginter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    100dpi = FAX resolution (low-quality)

    Umm... no... Fax machines have crummy quality scanners and lossy compression techniques so they do not represent 100dpi well. Go scan a quality pic at 100dpi on a good scanner and let me know what you think of the quality.

    Here's a sample at 100dpi.

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  6. Press releases by Peregr1n · · Score: 5, Informative

    The only new thing about today's press release is that it's bigger than before and higher resolution. But yesterday they announced a colour version, which is a bit more newsworthy.