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Electronic Paper Plant to be Built in Germany

Posted by samzenpus on from the my-aibo-ate-my-homework dept.

Aqua_boy17 writes "BBC News is reporting today that Cambridge based firm PlasticLogic is set to build the world's first manufacturing facility dedicated to producing plastic circuits. In particular the company is focused on developing flexible plastic circuits that cost much less than silicon and would soon enable electronic paper devices that could be used to store large amounts of text and other data. The company has secured $100 million in venture capital and is set to build its first facility in Dresden, Germany. Construction of the facility should be completed by 2008 according to the article. Industry experts expect market demand for this technology to approach $30 billion by the year 2015."

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  1. So... by gadzook33 · · Score: 1, Funny

    what's a picture worth now? I can't keep track...

  2. Wife by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 2, Funny

    I already store my entire porn collection on one sheet. Well, 1/2 actually.

  3. Ecological Horror by darkonc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you have any idea how many millions of electronic trees are going to die to feed this plant???!

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    1. Re:Ecological Horror by StarfishOne · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, on the positive side: binary trees can grow very fast! :))

  4. Let me be the first to make this joke by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 3, Funny
    Have technologists made that wonderful electronic paper where you can store your entire porn collection on one sheet?
    I can store 6 billion bits of information in a single piece of tissue paper.

    Although I never read the information in that format since I can rely on copies that are kept elsewhere.
  5. Re:Electronic paper... by SeaFox · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hope they laminated it.

  6. Gotta love English! by sootman · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Electronic Paper Plant to be Built in Germany"

    So, is this an electronic plant that makes paper, or a plant that makes electric paper?

    Q: How many Lojbanists does it take to change a broken light bulb?
    A: Two: one to decide what to change it into, and one to figure out what kind of bulb emits broken light.

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