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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 12:42 Edited at: 15th Oct 2005 13:09
how soon before you can get a computer printed onto a sheet of paper?, in the future you may be able to own cheap throw away computers printed onto a paper-like sheet, it would be theorticly possible to have wireless networking and limited storage built in as well, one day you might find "cut out and keep" computers on the back of your cornflakes packet , maybe home printers for desktop machines that allow you print out your latest program and run it on the paper?

[href] http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8158[/href]



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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 12:47
Interesting...but what if crashes, i get frustrated and rip it in half, at least I can't do that with my piece of $%£&!

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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 13:08 Edited at: 15th Oct 2005 15:00
eh? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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@sep.. just print another off?

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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 14:45
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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 14:59
Nice, It would definately eliminate fraudulent concert tickets and things. Come to think of it, you could have animated business cards!

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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 15:28
the speeds are not up to scratch yet with refresh rates for video however with "elecrowetting techniques" speeds are getting closer.
btw 40% reduction problems with glare and 4 times brighter then a current lcd.

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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 15:46
This is sort of old, scientists revealed "Electronic Paper" in tokyo last year (or early this year, I can't remember exactly).


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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 15:59
a few years ago i saw a "paper thin" TV that you could bend around and still see the picture, but the picture was pretty bad and was only in shades of green

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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 16:08
This is nothing new. Harry Potter and the wizarding world had video animated paper for years!

Pfft.


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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 16:12
Eh, paper displays are a little old. The technology has been around for a while now (do a search for organic LED's).

How it works is there are electrochromatic substances that act like the diodes. They change color when there is a voltage shift.

They are about a third the thickness of LCD monitors, have the same resolution capacity, are cheaper to make, easier to make, same brightness, better efficiency, and they're flexible to boot.

The two problems are longevity as they don't last as long as CRTs will, and that they're introduction to the market is being hindered by television companies who have invested in LCD, Plasma, and HDTV. A Tv that could come as a poster that you could hang up on the wall just doesn't sound exciting to them when it would be a sixth of the price.

However, on the plus side, samsung was supposed to introduce an organic LCD monitor this year, though after the recent raid that might be pushed back.

As far as computers on paper, I don't know, but that'd be pretty cool. I'd be afraid of hurting it though. Especially when I flip through my notebooks and see the condition of the paper in there.
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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 17:31 Edited at: 15th Oct 2005 17:32
Yeah, I thought there was like two main companies working on electronic paper for like years now? One could even remember it's last state, so didn't actually need any power to show static images.

Although I like the idea of those Nokia prototype phones. (Note they don't actually exist, it's just something they would like to do)

Wrap it around your wrist, belt, whatever. Nice.

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Posted: 15th Oct 2005 18:11
Quote: "@sep.. just print another off?"


Oh of course, duh!


interesting phones, my friend's Dad works quite high up in Nokia and gets to test some of the prototypes, and keep some, so I'll ask Nick about updates on this 'phone' a nice way to convince people that you are crazy by talking to your arm or belt, or railings, then people will think you are nuts

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Posted: 16th Oct 2005 05:37
yes, electronic paper has been around for awhile, but could you change what it looks like by pressing buttons that are printed on the paper?

from what I can tell, the electronic paper you guys are thinking about would only print once, then it stays on the screen and nothing changes, these papers are interactive

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