Fujitsu Debuts Bendable Electronic Paper

An anonymous reader writes "Fujitsu today announced their joint development of the world's first film substrate-based bendable color electronic paper with an image memory function. The new electronic paper features vivid color images that are unaffected even when the screen is bent, and features an image memory function that enables continuous display of the same image without the need for electricity. The thin and flexible electronic paper uses very low power to change screen images, thereby making it ideal for displaying information or advertisements in public areas as a type of new electronic media that can be handled as easily as paper. The jointly developed electronic paper will be showcased at Fujitsu Forum 2005, to be held July 14 and 15 at Tokyo International Forum."

that's great but...

[Anonymous Coward]

the first one of you that says "minority report" gets a punch in the mouth. you can't have anything new anymore without some schmuck saying "omg minority report!" bleh.

Amazing!

[hapoo]

I thought it couldn't be done, but they've managed to create digital paper... TWICE, in a matter of days. What an age we live in.

Re:The First Display

[Kinky Bass Junk]

They need to get it to display: First Post!

I was thinking a "Hello World!" was in order.

Re:Paperless office?

[crazyaxemaniac]

You mean you don't know how to use the three seashells?

Ad's on Toilet Paper????

[Anonymous Coward]

If Microsoft start buying add space on toliet rolls, at least I have the option of wiping my arse with it.....

Constitution

[ari_j]

Paper that changes what's written on it to suit what the reader wants? We've had that for over 200 years in the US. We call it the Constitution.

This must just be news because it's color.

(This satire brought to you by Daniels, Walker, and Beam, LLP.)

Ouch

[Infinityis]

If this paper is able to give the user a papercut, I'd say this definitely classifies as bleeding-edge technology.

Cleaning?

[Infinityis]

How easy is it to clean these things? I mean, if the porn industry really provides the push for new technology, they gotta be extra easy to clean.

OY!

[nsample]

Sweet jesus! Now I'm going to need tiny hydrogen-based fuel cells to power my beowulf cluster of electronic papers. I think I shall call such a collection a "notepad."

Re:Paperless office?

[ari_j]

Do they not use paperless toilets in Europe?

You misspelled Montana.

Re:My first thought...

[ari_j]

There was a professor in our CS department, from whom I fortunately never took a class. Besides being both incompetent and insane, she was downright stupid about markers. She would start circling something on the white board while she lectured, and just keep circling it over and over again. There is still a mark on the white board from the time she used a permanent marker instead of dry-erase for that purpose.

Of course, a friend of mine once showed up for her class, and he was the only one there. She lectured anyhow. I told him that he should have excused himself to use the restroom for about 10 minutes, to see if she continued lecturing, paused the lecture and waited for his return, or just left. We may never know.

handle like paper

[coopaq]

new electronic media that can be handled as easily as paper

I bet you can't fold it more than 7 times.

Re:Paperless office?

[Shaper_pmp]

Hmmm.

Thanks a lot you shit-brained, fuck-faced, ball breaking, duck fucking pain in the ass. ...

See you in a minute.

Re:Screenshot

[noidentity]

I tried viewing the screenshot and then unplugging my computer, but the image didn't stay there as claimed in the summary. I want a refund!

But is it really useful?

[Winkhorst]

Wait till some idiot tries to hang it with thumbtacks.

Re:Help...(useful) ideas needed.

[Vengeance]

And then comes the inevitable: Crackers break into the system and we get a series of 'All your base are belong to us' billboards.

Re:Help...(useful) ideas needed.

[Lanoitarus]

...But in Massachusetts that just means that the freeway signs will say "TESTING 1234567890" in full color. Oh, and theyll cost EVEN more.

Re:that's great but...

[lupinstel]

OMG Blade Runner.

Re:Help...(useful) ideas needed.

[q.kontinuum]

That would be nice in combination with a built in fingerprint recognition (for example in my front door handle). Whenever my girlfriend comes to my flat, she will be happy about the loads of photos of her everywhere in my flat.

Not matter, which of my girlfriends...

Re:Paperless office?

[timeOday]

Sure, you can keep your toilet paper cleaner by wiping your butt directly with your hand. I'll go with paper, thanks.

Re:PARENT IS *NOT* A TROLL

[NanoGator]

"I know it may look like parent is insulting grandparent, but this is a quote from the movie 'Demolition Man' ..... http://imdb.com/title/tt0106697/ [imdb.com]"

*Ding* You have been fined one credit for spoiling the joke.

Re:Not Minority Report

[MarkGriz]

"Total Recall Ever since I saw those giant panels of digital wallpaper that Ahnold had on Mars, I've wanted them for my own walls"

Meanwhile, the rest of us wanted his wife.