Wall-sized E-Ink electronic newspaper

Toppan Printing is showing off a wall-sized electronic newspaper using their E-Ink technology at the big EXPO 2005 that's taking place in Aichi, Japan right now.  Called the "Yomiuri Global Newspaper," the electronic paper is 2.2 meters high and 2.6 meter wide and is made up of 272 individual electronic paper tiles, which are a combination of E-Ink frontplanes laminated onto printed circuit boards with pixel electrodes.  Only the headlines and text are actually displayed on the electronic paper, color photos are displayed on a plain old LCD.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM]

I can't wait until they bring this technology to eBooks.

Very, very cool.

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[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM]

just off camera ther's a guy standing by with a paintbrush and a bucket full of e-ink ready to change the headline and maybe add some flare to the walls as well.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM]

Golf Grouch:

http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/LIBRIE/products/products_01.html

Trouble is formats - when they can read PDF they'll sell a billion.