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Plastic Logic E-Newspaper
Ostracus writes with news of another contender for a next-gen device suitable for displaying a newspaper page. It's very thin but weighs a bit more than a Kindle. "Plastic Logic, a spin-off company from the Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory, has recently released its design of a future electronic newspaper reader. This lightweight plastic screen copies the appearance, but not the feel, of a printed newspaper. This electronic paper technology was pioneered by the E-Ink Corporation and is used in the current generation Sony eReader and Amazon.com's Kindle. Plastic Logic's device, yet to be named, has a highly legible black-and-white display and a screen more than twice as large compared to current versions available on the market."
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What I wanted to add was that e-ink readers could be incredibly useful beyond the instant newspaper/book, library in your hand idea: especially if they would ever combine it with things something like a stylus version (doesn't exist) of the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen (released this year). The pen has few button, rather relying on 'special' paper that really just has some prearranded dots to orient the pen as well as some functions on the bottom of the sheet for the pen to do it's thing. Since that company also lets you print your own paper, this as an ereader stylus could be combined into something incredible useful. IMO, that would be the future of such things:
http://www.amazon.com/Livescribe-2GB-Pulse-Smartpen-APA-00002/dp/B001AAN4PW