Japan’s newest e-paper with 4,096 colors…

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…has developed the world’s thinnest bendable full-colour electronic paper… just 0.29mm thick… and the screen measures 8 inches. … capable of displaying 4,096 colours.…aims to make it commercially available in 2009… 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…
As you can see from the photo below from Bridgestone’s press conference and Bridgestone’s own press release photos on the i4u.com, as well as at the Nikkei, this wonder e-paper is, “capable of displaying 4,096 colors,” all crappy brown.
Sadly, I have reported about e-paper “breakthroughs” too many times before here on the 3Yen…
—–—Japanese e-paper announced for 10 zillionth time!
—–—‘Electronic Paper’ So why the hell can’t you buy it?
—–—20 years in the making for “e-paper”
—–—Vapor-tech: electronic paper
Above photo via engadget.com


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