Fujitsu shows off "Fab PC" laptop concept
Fujitsu's already shown its fondness for foldable laptops and e-ink displays, so it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that the company's now put the two together in the form of a new concept device, with a few other uncommon design touches thrown in for good measure. Dubbed the "Fab PC", the laptop apparently uses fabric for much of its construction (hence the name), which is intended to make the device more reminiscent of a traditional folio -- and no doubt prevent the dreaded problem of slippage as well. Of course, there's no indication of specs (or even any evidence that it actually works), although at the rate e-ink production is ramping up, it may not be as far off as it might seem
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paloooz @ May 29th 2007 2:47PM
Okay, now that's pretty cool. But will it run Doom?
Rock Stone @ May 29th 2007 3:22PM
What's really cool about this is, in the background of the 1st picture, you can see that the display has the keyboard on the back. Therefore this folds to thirds. unfold it all the way and you've got a huge widescreen display.
super sick! I love it. please ship.
hobgoblin @ May 29th 2007 3:23PM
1, 2 or 3?
Niranjan @ May 29th 2007 3:43PM
Its a two fold one. the back of the screen is fabric material .but the concept had the same colored fabric as that of the pic in the e-paper screen.
2 fold e-paper fab pc. thts it
Tom Gabriele @ May 29th 2007 10:15PM
foldable laptop? it might just be marketing jazz...have you ever seen a laptop that doesnt fold?
Air4ce @ May 30th 2007 2:53AM
Dan's concept of folding screen is much much better
http://www.ideawicket.com/innovation-detail.php?ivnId=419#
Michael @ Jun 8th 2008 5:55PM
I don't think fabric PCs or e-book readers will catch on, until you can just put them in a washing machine to clean them. Can you imagine how much filth and grime a fabric keyboard would accrue? Putting it in the washing machine isn't quite as stupid as it sounds. There's a model of keyboard that rolls up like a seatbelt, which you can put in a washing machine. Of course, for it to work for a full computer, the hardware would have to be changed to a more malleable form, instead of stiff cards. This would probably result in lower spec hardware, but in an ebook reader, that's not a huge concern.