10.4-inch Color “Digital Paper” Debuted by ITRI
Now this is a cool emerging technology. Last week Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) debuted their latest advancement that represents a big technological leap for "digital paper". ITRI’s 10.4-inch flexible color display consists of two plastic substrates with a combined thickness of less than 10mm! Coupled with a flexible LED backing unit for illumination, this new display is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of where this technology will go. ITRI also demonstrated a flexible monochrome display that is 3.5-inches wide and can be manufactured with any length making it ideal for large public displays. Aside from its potential to slow deforestation (while unfortunately sustaining our dependency on oil), digital paper represents an exciting future that is limited only by the imagination. Low cost 3D displays, wearable displays and even flexible portable electronic devices are just the tip of the iceberg.
[Via coolest-gadgets]
Could you imagine in like 15 years or so cell phones will just be one of these in a touch version and you just fold it up and go.
Or T.V.’s would just be a transparent piece of plastic so they disappear when they’re on the wall.
Or blueprints would be an on-the-site deal when you roll out the plastic sheet and just draw the building there.
Although that’s on the assumption that they will develop touch-screen versions of this screen.
That’s gonna be sweet.
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The future rules!
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Nando, yes it does. Yes it does.
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“with a combined thickness of less than 10mm”…wrong units or am I missing something?
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The article says 10mm, but I have to guess that it was 10 micrometers and the ‘mu’ symbol was inadvertently converted to an ‘m’. 10mm would be a little stiff, don’t ya think?
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Rock on, as an artist this rules!!! Do you know how much paper is in my house! This would save so many trees, and space!
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