E Ink and LG.Philips LCD build 10.1-inch flexible display
By Barb Dybwad 
posted October 19th 2005 4:00AM
posted October 19th 2005 4:00AM
E Ink has gotten together with LG.Philips LCD to develop what they're billing as the world's first "tablet-size" flexible electronic paper display. It's a 10.1-inch paper-white display made from high-performance steel at less than 300 microns thick, achieving SVGA (600x800) resolution at 100 pixels per inch. It's also doing a 10:1 contrast ratio and four levels of grayscale, and will be shown at the FPD International trade show in Japan in April of next year in all its flexible, rollable glory.
DIGITAL POSTAGE STAMP, ANYONE ? WITH COMMERCIALS?
Wow, they're really getting somewhere right now...
In a few years you really have to watch out with what paper you're wiping you're wiping your ass off.... ;-)
10:1 contrast ratio doesn't seem all that fantastic, but then again I'm not too sure what a good set of numbers is for a passive display.
I'm optimistic for the future of this technology though. If I can get my newspaper electronically and read it on something like this on the train, then I will not feel quite so guilty about the amount of paper it takes up for me to read my daily news.
Would like to get one. Seems to be very handy. Would make our lives easier.
#3: I believe they rate newsprint as roughly 7:1, so there you go.
It's too bad that they reduced the resolution relative to the part in the Sony product... Maybe this is just meant for distributing large-print e-books? You know, for the elderly and such?
The practical implications of this technology is limitless, and I believe that many hail the day when such products will be in the hands of the Joe Q. Public, but the development and implementation of this technology pales in comparison to the paradigm shift that will need to take place within traditional media companies who deliver the news we read daily. Until this happens, these will be niche devices that are fantastic ideas, but only halfway implemented. To read more about how these devices could fail click over to: http://www.techarati.com/2005/10/print_is_dead.html#more