HP and ASU demo bendable, foldable displays

astrodad · 12-08-2008, 12:20 PM

Just caught this article via Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/h...onic-displays/

What's the implication of foldable displays on ebook Readers?

One future implementation of such displays that might interest ereaders might be in the availability of foldable electronic newspapers that can get content dynamically.

Other than that, what do you think?

DaleDe · 12-08-2008, 12:28 PM

I think foldable has much less importance than the fact that they are basically unbreakable.

Dale

wallcraft · 12-08-2008, 02:19 PM

It does seem like displays will get interesting next year. We still don't know what Pixel Qi will be producing, and there was also a recent Engadget article on ITRI's folding TFT-EPD display: ready for smartphones next year.

ShellShock · 12-08-2008, 02:31 PM

For me the most important features of these new displays are:

low power consumption
do they have a high refresh rate?
light and flexible
colour

It is really exciting to think what we will be able to buy in five years time.

JWLaRue · 12-08-2008, 10:29 PM

Finally......a public announcement.

I saw the prototype of this display earlier this year at one of our internal HP Tech Forums. At that time, the demonstration sample was not a full color display but did readily show just how unbreakable it could be.

The conversation I had with the lead researcher was quite intriguing in the area of leveraging ink jet printer technology for being able to 'print' the active substrate.

-Jeff

Steven Lyle Jordan · 12-10-2008, 03:43 PM

Flexible (and therefore practically unbreakable) is a bonus. The real value is color e-ink. That will bring the color periodical market to readers... and that will be big.

12-08-2008, 12:20 PM	#1
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	HP and ASU demo bendable, foldable displays Just caught this article via Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/h...onic-displays/ What's the implication of foldable displays on ebook Readers? One future implementation of such displays that might interest ereaders might be in the availability of foldable electronic newspapers that can get content dynamically. Other than that, what do you think?

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12-08-2008, 12:28 PM	#2
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I think foldable has much less importance than the fact that they are basically unbreakable. Dale

12-08-2008, 02:19 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	It does seem like displays will get interesting next year. We still don't know what Pixel Qi will be producing, and there was also a recent Engadget article on ITRI's folding TFT-EPD display: ready for smartphones next year.

12-08-2008, 02:31 PM	#4
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	For me the most important features of these new displays are: low power consumption do they have a high refresh rate? light and flexible colour It is really exciting to think what we will be able to buy in five years time.

12-08-2008, 10:29 PM	#5
JWLaRue Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 300000 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Annapolis, MD USA Device: Sony PRS-505 (blue, of course!)	Finally......a public announcement. I saw the prototype of this display earlier this year at one of our internal HP Tech Forums. At that time, the demonstration sample was not a full color display but did readily show just how unbreakable it could be. The conversation I had with the lead researcher was quite intriguing in the area of leveraging ink jet printer technology for being able to 'print' the active substrate. -Jeff

12-10-2008, 03:43 PM	#6
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Flexible (and therefore practically unbreakable) is a bonus. The real value is color e-ink. That will bring the color periodical market to readers... and that will be big.

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