Canadian Researchers Debut PaperTab, the Paper-Thin Tablet 142
redletterdave writes "The PaperTab, which looks and feels just like a sheet of paper, may one day overtake today's tablet. Developed by researchers at the Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, the PaperTab features a flexible, high-resolution 10.7-inch plastic touchscreen display built by Plastic Logic, the company borne from Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory, and relies on a second-generation Intel Core i5 processor to turn what looks like a sheet of white paper into a living, interactive display. Unlike typical tablets akin to Apple's iPad, the idea of PaperTab is to use one app at a time, per PaperTab. To make tasks easier, users would own 10 or more PaperTabs at once and lay them out to their liking; with multiple tablets to separate your applications, PaperTab relies on an interface that allows you to combine and merge elements from disparate applications with intuitive dragging, dropping, pointing, and folding."
Apple invented paper. (Score:1, Funny)
Apple invented paper.
Re:Apple invented paper. (Score:5, Funny)
Only paper with rounded corners.
John Cleese to the white courtesy phone. (Score:5, Funny)
the Paper-Thin Tablet
But sir, it's paper-thin.
Re:Display, not tablet (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, they're pretty close on that front.
A battery that last more then a few minutes? Sweet, about time.
Looks like a good idea... (Score:5, Funny)