The Economist on current e-paper developments

Alexander Turcic · 01-22-2009, 06:23 PM

In this week's edition the acclaimed Economist magazine runs an article on the current technological development of flexible electronic screens. In "Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me" you find an excellent overview of what companies like HP Labs or Plastic Logic are currently working on and how this development could shape the future of e-reading.

The full article is also available online.

Related: PVI: Flexible e-paper by Q2 2009 / Color by end of 2009

Gaurnim · 01-23-2009, 05:05 AM

This is a very interesting article !
Although it focuses on one technology by HP Labs, it also mentions the others currently being developped.
Same thing for the existing readers : it focuses on the Kindle, but Sony, Irex and Plastic Logic are also mentioned.

01-22-2009, 06:23 PM	#1
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01-23-2009, 05:05 AM	#2
Gaurnim Final Five n°42 Posts: 789 Karma: 3599 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lyon, France Device: Cybook Gen3	This is a very interesting article ! Although it focuses on one technology by HP Labs, it also mentions the others currently being developped. Same thing for the existing readers : it focuses on the Kindle, but Sony, Irex and Plastic Logic are also mentioned.

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