The Development of E-Paper Technology

Computerworld takes a look at the development and the future of e-paper. Brought into the mainstream by e-book readers such as the Kindle, e-paper is rapidly becoming its own industry. The article notes some of the current limitations of the technology and looks ahead to a few of the upcoming ideas, such as the Fujitsu Fabric PC. Quoting: "The resolution of EPD screens is improving rapidly. Active-matrix displays like those used on the current generation of e-book readers can work at relatively high resolutions (the Kindle screen displays 167 pixels per inch), and Seiko Epson recently showed off an A4-size (13.4-in.) display prototype with 3104 by 4128 resolution, about 385 ppi, that uses E Ink's electrophoretic ink on a Si-TFT glass substrate."

Comments

Is it really 13.4-in diagonal?

[Anonymous Coward]

Seiko Epson recently showed off an A4-size (13.4-in.) display prototype with 3104 by 4128 resolution, about 385 ppi

sqrt(3104^2 + 4128^2)/385 = 13.415 in. Holy cow the math works out.

Re:one page version

[truthsearch]

Trying to conserve e-paper?

I still like regular books

[iminplaya]

Where the only needed upgrade over the years is a new pair of glasses.

Re:Cheaper ebooks, please

[David Gerard]

What coolness? Kindles are selling like Zunes. Amazon wanted to make the iPod of ebook readers, and they ended up making the Zune of ebook readers.

Re:The death of paper - it's a good thing

[MythMoth]

Did the paragraph die at the same time as paper?