'New' Electronic Paper announced for the 400th time

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The new Seiko Spectrum (SVRD001) "e-paper" and "e-ink" watch due to go on sale on January 27th. A limited edition of 500 will retail at 262,500 yen each.

Laugh now but Seiko's 35SQ Astron Watch in December of 1969 cost 450,000 yen. And of course Hamilton's red LED monster, the 18-carat gold Pulsar cost $2,100 in 1970 but now sells for upwards of $5,000.

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JCN: Citizen Develops Ultra-thin, Foldable Digital Clock Using E-ink Technology
Citizen Watch, its consolidated subsidiary, Citizen T.I.C. and American E Ink announced the demonstration of the world'sfirst flexible clock using an electronic paper display (EPD). This unique clock offers a thin, lightweight, fully flexible form factor combined with substantially lower power consumption over traditional displays through its use of E Ink Imaging Film...more...

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Hitachi, Bridgestone to Join Hands in Electronic Paper Display Business:liar:
Tokyo, Mar 16, 2006 (JCN) ...Through this collaboration, the two companies will strive to commercialize and cultivate a market for electronic paper displays. Specifically, Bridgestone will supply display modules to Hitachi. Hitachi will endeavor to commercialize these displays for use for applications in transportation, the power industry and urban development..ZZZzzzzzzzzzz....

When and where can we buy these?

I can get one "in 2006" along with my new flying car. Wo0T!

Caption:AFP PHOTO / 25 November 2004.

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When and where can we buy these?

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AFP/Getty Images---Tokyo, JAPAN:Japanese computer giant Fujitsu employee Tomoko Fukui displays a prototype model of an "electronic paper" display consisting in a 7.8-inch VGA 512-color cholesteric LCD capable of displaying an image continously without electric power...more...:liar:



(Note: The blurring on the middle left of the Japanese picture on the e-paper is a Getty Images watermark not a display problem of the e-paper.)

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Swedes unfurl talking paper
--Coming soon: the interactive Playboy centrefold?--
The Register / Wednesday 6th June 2007 11:39 GMT
A team from Mid Sweden University have knocked together a "talking paper" billboard which uses conductive links and printed speakers to give forth when caressed, the BBC reports.
The chattering display - showing the tech's "possible use for marketing holiday destinations" - uses a layer of "digital paper" printed with said links. Hit the link, and a computer responds by offering up the appropriate sound file via speakers "formed from more layers of conductive inks that sit over an empty cavity to form a diaphragm"....more...

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BRIDGESTONE TOUTS WORLD'S THINNEST BENDABLE FULL-COLOUR E-PAPER
---capable of displaying 4,096 colours--
Oct 22, 2007 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX), TOKYO---Bridgestone Corp. said Friday that it has developed the world's thinnest bendable full-colour electronic paper.
The new display device is just 0.29mm thick, about a fifth that of the firm's earlier product, and the screen measures 8 inches. [color="Sienna"]It is capable of displaying 4,096 colours.[/color]
The Japanese company is preparing to mass-produce the e-paper at its research and development (R&D) facility in Tokyo, with an aim to make it commercially available in 2009.
Bridgestone made the product flexible by using a plastic film substrate, and the image on the screen does not break up when the e-paper is bent...more...

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Picture thanks to engadget.com
Another e-paper photo of
4,096 colors -- all shit brown at
i4u.com, as well as at the Nikkei.