E-Paper Is Ready for Its Rollout
BusinessWeek Online has a story on where e-paper might be heading in the future.
The article E-Paper Is Ready for Its Rollout, states:
Developed by Hitachi … the new e-paper technology is set to reach the market soon. Although they seem a far cry from the paper of books and billboards, these superthin screens — no thicker than a weekly magazine — run on so little energy they might one day mean big changes for the advertising and publishing industries.
The article continues…
It’s an idea that has been a long time in coming. PCs and other machines were supposed to let us store records in digital files that would eliminate the paper clutter. E-books would make your old paperbacks obsolete … But the fact is, paper hasn’t gone away. The spread of the Internet and the rise of the PC have made information ever more accessible, leading not to the death of paper but to its proliferation. In 2004, worldwide paper production was roughly 400 million tons, compared with about 300 million in 1995.
Personally, I don’t think the mainstream, even the early adopters, are really ready for this just yet but it’s good to know that firms are working hard on e-paper technology - give it maybe 3 years and I’m sure we’ll all be talking about it.