LG has revealed the World’s first 19 inch flexible e-paper, that is almost like a traditional paper, as you can turn pages like you do on normal paper, the images remain crisp and text readable while you bend it 180 degrees and you don’t have to discard it daily, thanks to the digital distribution.
The LG 19-inch ePaper Display Prototype is flexible, thin and light, using a metal foil as a skin that also retracts the unit to its original shape. The prototype is a display only, meaning that the unit does not have a built-in processor, input device or storage– meaning that a production version of LG’s ePaper prototype would need added hardware that would add weight and size to this 4.6 ounce, .3mm thick display.
Flexible e-reader devices are not a new technology, as products like the Skiff Reader and others made their debut at CES 2010. The 19-inch ePaper prototype by LG is of a much larger scale, increasing on the 8.5 x 11-inch standard for large e-readers with a flexible 19-inch whopper. We’re not certain if this prototype’s size or its flexibility would bare real value to consumers, or if both could end up as more of an annoyance than a benefit. LG Display hasn’t discussed whether this prototype will end up in a marketed product, but it does suggest that LG has invested some serious capital into e-reader and epaper R&D.
Not much info is available regarding its availability and price but LG plans to mass produce these next generations displays in first half of 2010.
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