Fujitsu Debuts Bendable Electronic Paper
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* No electricity required for continuous display, minimal power consumption when changing screen image
* The new electronic paper is constructed of three displaying layers - red, blue, and green. Since no color filters or polarizing layers are required, it features color that is significantly more vivid than conventional reflective-type LCDs.
* Proprietary Fujitsu technology ensures that screen color is unaffected even when the screen is bent or pressed with fingers.
* Because the screen image does not require repetitive updates to be maintained, the screen does not flicker.
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Anticipated Applications
By leveraging the features of this technology, a wide variety of applications can be envisioned for Fujitsu's new electronic paper as a digital medium that can be handled like paper. Following are some examples:
Transit advertising on trains, information displays on curved surfaces, and other public display applications that could take advantage of its light weight and flexibility. Information displayed can be updated based on the time of day, enabling more effective advertising and informational signage.
Electronic shelf display tags, point-of-purchase displays, restaurant menus, and other in-store uses. Can also be used for pricing displays or product information displays that stand out in full color and can be readily updated.
Operating manuals, work orders, and other short-term information displays, facilitating the trend toward paperless offices or factories.
Text or images from mobile phones or other mobile devices can be transferred wirelessly to larger displays for easy viewing.
Use in the home can offer more convenient digital-media devices that can be carried from room to room.
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/me runs around panceless
Imagine the world of tommorow, blinking advertising signs, newspapers.
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* No electricity required for continuous display, minimal power consumption when changing screen image
* The new electronic paper is constructed of three displaying layers - red, blue, and green. Since no color filters or polarizing layers are required, it features color that is significantly more vivid than conventional reflective-type LCDs.
* Proprietary Fujitsu technology ensures that screen color is unaffected even when the screen is bent or pressed with fingers.
* Because the screen image does not require repetitive updates to be maintained, the screen does not flicker.
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Anticipated Applications
By leveraging the features of this technology, a wide variety of applications can be envisioned for Fujitsu's new electronic paper as a digital medium that can be handled like paper. Following are some examples:
Transit advertising on trains, information displays on curved surfaces, and other public display applications that could take advantage of its light weight and flexibility. Information displayed can be updated based on the time of day, enabling more effective advertising and informational signage.
Electronic shelf display tags, point-of-purchase displays, restaurant menus, and other in-store uses. Can also be used for pricing displays or product information displays that stand out in full color and can be readily updated.
Operating manuals, work orders, and other short-term information displays, facilitating the trend toward paperless offices or factories.
Text or images from mobile phones or other mobile devices can be transferred wirelessly to larger displays for easy viewing.
Use in the home can offer more convenient digital-media devices that can be carried from room to room.
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/me runs around panceless
Imagine the world of tommorow, blinking advertising signs, newspapers.
Comments
Neat.
Yeah, this is indeed very cool.
What this reminds me of is that one movie where they open the book and start flipping pages and a few of the pages have video on them and stuff. That'd be so awesome to see in real life.
I wonder if you can play video games on it. Paper Mario anyone?
(Get it? Man I'm a comical mastermind...)
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Yes, the most expensive newspaper in the world, I'd love that too.
Pretty sweet though, I don't know what I'd use one for.
I can't wait until the technology becomes common place
But instead of purchasing a new one, it'll be updated over a network.
Damn that's cool.
y'know, if you can't wait or something.
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Except that is just an advanced LCD monitor pretending to be a picture frame, not to mention it costs $300.
Imagine.. you buy one newspaper, and every day you hook it up to a port and download the latest news.
yeah i remember reading something similar where each "pixel" was black on one side and white on another and it would flip over to display either one
As I believe I said on IRC, I want a <i>shirt</i> made out of this stuff.
Then I can plug it in to a mini-TV and watch Family Guy on my shirt, woo!
That'd rock.
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Wow... you'd never have to change clothes again, just put a picture of a different shirt on there every day so it looks like you changed.
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Animated GIF shirts. :/
I always get the two mixed up too. Don't quote me on this, but I believe it's Red Planet.