Monday, July 18, 2005
E-Paper in Scotland
Scientists develop newspaper of future
Scotland's University of Paisley Thin Film Centre has developed a working prototype of an e-paper newspaper, according to The Scotsman (linked above).
Grab: "Many new applications can be opened up from this including interactive posters, greetings cards and electronic books. It has the potential to replace newspapers, but one of the biggest problems we have is that people like the feel of handling a book or newspaper.
"They have told us that they would prefer two A4 pages so they can flip one over as they would with a book, so that is something we are looking in to."
Via IWantMedia.
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Scotland's University of Paisley Thin Film Centre has developed a working prototype of an e-paper newspaper, according to The Scotsman (linked above).
Grab: "Many new applications can be opened up from this including interactive posters, greetings cards and electronic books. It has the potential to replace newspapers, but one of the biggest problems we have is that people like the feel of handling a book or newspaper.
"They have told us that they would prefer two A4 pages so they can flip one over as they would with a book, so that is something we are looking in to."
Via IWantMedia.
