Wired Article: E-paper's Killer App = Packaging

donovanh · 07-14-2007, 08:51 PM

Thought this story might be of interest to mobilereaders... It seems the price of manufacturing electronic ink based product labels is coming down fast enough that we may be seeing a "revolution" in product labelling:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/display.../2005/12/69839

"Miniature displays in color could appear on consumer-goods packaging, including medicine vials, in 2007, with a resolution of 80 dpi, Gerlt said. Three or more images could flash consecutively, creating a crude animation effect or cycling through multiple messages. By 2008, the resolution could double, said Gerlt."

RWood · 07-14-2007, 09:59 PM

Its a good read. Thanks.

Hadrien · 07-14-2007, 11:24 PM

Wired is always a good read.
We keep thinking about e-paper in terms of dedicated readers, but there's a lot more applications for it. Packaging, advertising, identification cards etc...

07-14-2007, 08:51 PM	#1
donovanh Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 40 Join Date: Feb 2007	Wired Article: E-paper's Killer App = Packaging Thought this story might be of interest to mobilereaders... It seems the price of manufacturing electronic ink based product labels is coming down fast enough that we may be seeing a "revolution" in product labelling: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/display.../2005/12/69839 "Miniature displays in color could appear on consumer-goods packaging, including medicine vials, in 2007, with a resolution of 80 dpi, Gerlt said. Three or more images could flash consecutively, creating a crude animation effect or cycling through multiple messages. By 2008, the resolution could double, said Gerlt."

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RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Its a good read. Thanks.

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Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Wired is always a good read. We keep thinking about e-paper in terms of dedicated readers, but there's a lot more applications for it. Packaging, advertising, identification cards etc...

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