ePaper

Scratch your heads before reading this. Or have you read this already.

In the line of eMails, eCommerce, eBanking and everything E .. we have ePaper. Well this one is a physical media. Take a look.

This is ePaper, Ladies and Confused Men. Fujitsu has announced the launch of bendy electronic paper that can store and display images wirelessly.

The newly developed ePaper features an image memory function that enables “continuous display of the same image without the need for electricity”, although it does require a smidge of power to switch images. Plus, the images don’t warp or lose quality when the e-paper is bent or rolled up.

Fujitsu has even outlined some applications for its smarty-pants paper, including wireless transfer of photos and text messages from mobiles onto the ultra-portable e-paper. Here are just a few other uses it envisages for launch:

• It can offer more convenient digital-media devices that can be carried from room to room in the home.
• Operating manuals and other short-term information displays, facilitating the trend toward paperless offices or factories.
• Electronic shelf display tags, restaurant menus, and other in-store uses. Can also be used for pricing displays or product information displays that stand out in full color and can be readily updated.

Well, I read this in Gizmodo. This might be leading to some interesting potential uses. The first, and most obvious, thing would be digital newspapers and magazines. You walk up to the kiosk, pay your money, and get a copy of Hindu sent down to your epaper for later consumption.

Whoops ! Is this possible ?