Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Page: An E-Ink Newspaper That Won't Smudge Your Fingers [Eink]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5520154/the-page-an-e+ink-newspaper-that-wont-smudge-your-fingers

The Page: An E-Ink Newspaper That Won't Smudge Your FingersFor some reason I'm skeptical that the one thing keeping newspaper readers from switching to E-Ink readers is the form factor, but that doesn't make this semi-transparent E-Ink newspaper display concept any less cool.

The key word, of course, is concept, but flexible/foldable displays aren't anything new. Nor are interactive content or E-Ink. It's bringing these concepts together in a workable package that might take some time. Meanwhile, though, here's how it would ideally work (without all the wobbly images):

I like it! Except what's with all this New York Times business? Show me what Garden and Gun looks like on this bad boy. Then we'll talk. [Cargo Collective via Design Boom]