I've been intrigued for some time with the prospect of electronic ink and paper. Geekzone reports that Philips Polymer Vision developed a prototype device using the technology in months rather then the 2 years they thought it would take.
With four gray levels, the monochrome, 5-inch QVGA (320 pixels x 240 pixels) display provides paper-like viewing comfort with a high contrast ratio for reading-intensive applications, including text, graphics, and electronic maps.
Looking forward to when these things are commercially viable. I think its emergence will be quite profound on computing devices as we know it. Imagine what someone like Apple could do with this technology?
