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design

Improbable Blu Jacket Custom Made For Attention Seekers

The Blu Jacket concept from Lunar Design aims to turn our children's children into walking billboards using an electronic fabric based on e-paper technology and space-age organic fabrics. It could display your mood throughout the day, pull up maps using a built-in GPS module, display photos, video and (gasp) even advertisements. More »

7:00 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Sean Fallon
7,478 views, 32 comments

Latest by Klappstuhl: @hnkelley: *pokes nipples for menu *gets peppersprayed by woman more »

optimus

Next Gen Optimus Maximus Details: Sub-$800, One-Screen and Raised Keys

Apparently, when Jesus called Art.Lebedev's Optimus Tactus keyboard "Optimus Retardus" for its lack of physical keys, the design team listened. Or not. Either way, Lebedev's latest plan is to indeed make a visual keyboard with just one full-color screen as opposed to many tiny ones. But it will overlay physical transparent keys (like on the Upravlator). In the end, you'd actually have a hard time noticing that each key isn't its own display. The goal is to get this thing into production by year's end, and to sell it for under $800—a bargain by Art.Lebedev standards. Later, the dudes will move to E-Ink or e-paper for lighter, wireless keyboards. [Optimus Project]

10:15 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Wilson Rothman
5,855 views, 26 comments

Latest by McMevan: Have they considered the fact that microsoft has a patent on a keyboard with a screen and key overlay? ... heres a link to it... [www.google.com] i suppose if they arent using a touchscreen it might be ok, not sure how more »

gadgets

Paper e-Ink Scale Design Looks Great on Paper, Might Not Be Practical

This e-paper bathroom scale idea from Duck Image Studio seems like a fantastic idea at first. It's e-ink, so it's thin, which means you can embed it into bath mats or floor tiles or maybe even into your shower. Imagine being able to see how much you weigh every time you bathed, or brushed your teeth, or took a leak (men only). You'd develop body image issues in record time. [Yanko Design]

2:47 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Jason Chen
2,137 views, 9 comments

Latest by toyotaboy: yeah I can't imagine being able to build the measuring part thin while keeping accuracy and cost down. Neat idea, but probably too advanced for current technology. more »

concept

E-Paper Slap Bracelets: Like the 80's...Except Different

If you had a slap bracelet back in the day (and I am ashamed to admit that I did), you will surely enjoy this concept device from the Chocolate Agency. Imagine a full-fledged multimedia device that can be slapped on and worn like a wristband. It would feature an e-paper surface and a battery that can be recharged using kinetic energy. Unfortunately, imagining it is all you can really do, because this sort of device is a massive pipe dream at the moment. But there is nothing wrong with thinking big. [Yanko Design]

7:30 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Sean Fallon
9,303 views, 22 comments

Latest by keainansen: this design concept has already been thought up... Nokia 888. [www.nokia888.com] more »

concept

Napkin PC Concept Utilizes Multi-Touch E-Paper Display and RF Technology

napkin_pc.jpgWe have all doodled an idea or a bit of important information on a napkin at one point or another, but designer Avery Holleman takes it a step further with the Napkin PC. The device is intended to help creative groups collaborate on designs more effectively. Here's how it works: data is sent to the multi-touch e-paper "napkin" interface via the pen using short range radio frequency (RF). The pen and the napkin also communicate with the base station PC via long-rage RF. More after the break. More »

6:00 PM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Sean Fallon
7,001 views, 30 comments

Latest by NeoPoliticus: A hell of a lot better idea than all those micro pcs that are coming out. more »

write on

Writeable, Color e-paper ReKindles Our Interest

Fuji Xerox has just demonstrated what may be the Holy Grail of e-paper—probably not the "E-Ink" technology found inside the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, but something similar—a prototype display that a user and write on. Three layers of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals are used (red, green and blue), meaning the display has a gel-like base.

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9:05 AM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,339 views, 4 comments

hot

Fujitsu Flepia e-Reader Displays 4,096 Colors

Keep ignoring e-paper and e-readers, but as we see more color displays it will slowly take over the world. And Fujitsu just showed off some of their sweet new color e-reader prototypes. These readers feature 8" or 12" displays, boast 4,096-colors and XGA 768 x 1024 resolution...all on top of touch screen capability. The only downside is that you have to wait 10 seconds for images to draw. The battery is lithium polymer and gets up to 50 hours of runtime (though, to be fair, that spec is from an optional 8-color spec). Content is stored on an SD card and the unit features a USB port.

Oh, and there are speakers, too. With all this functionality and a waistline of just 12mm, we think we're in love. [gizmag via gizwatch]

10:48 AM on Thu Oct 11 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,641 views, 8 comments

Latest by Mark Wilson: @EQC: That stat includes something like 3,000 page turns. So it's still impressive. more »

cellphones

Update: E-Paper Phone from DoCoMo Has Ever-Changing Keys

Remember that "e-ink" phone we showed you yesterday? We just got the details and better pics. It's a DoCoMo prototype hard-keypad phone that actually uses e-paper from SiPix, not e-ink, to change the meaning of the keys. More »

10:07 AM on Fri Oct 5 2007
By Wilson Rothman
5,557 views, 9 comments

e-paper still coming soon

LG.Philips LCD Teases World With A4 Color Electronic Paper

LG.Philips LCD keeps teasing the world with dream display products that will not reach the mass market until sometime in the next decade. More »

5:25 AM on Mon May 14 2007
By Addy Dugdale
3,921 views, 9 comments

announcements

LG Phillips E-book: Flexible Means Flexibility

LG Phillips just announced their 14.1-inch WXGA flexible E-book at IMID 2006 (International Meeting on Information Display). More »

12:01 PM on Sat Aug 26 2006
By Mark Wilson
4,093 views, 5 comments

gadgets

Bridgestone E-Paper

Bridgestone doesn't just make tires that explode. They also make e-paper that looks absolutely killer. It has a Fresnel surface that lets it bend and twist and it's only two colors right now, but it looks to be the thinnest solution yet. More »

1:18 PM on Mon Jun 5 2006
By johnb
857 views, 4 comments

portable media

Fold-Up DVD Player Concept

Here's a techno-concept that's more like real origami than those overblown PDAs we've been ridiculing reporting about for the past few months—it's an e-paper DVD screen that folds up into a tiny package that's easy to carry around. More »

10:29 AM on Mon May 8 2006
By Charlie White
482 views, 8 comments

laptops

iRex Announces Its First ePaper Device: The Iliad ER 0100

We've known that iRex Technologies, a spinoff of Philips, would be releasing a nice ePaper device sometime in 2006. The company has finally revealed details of its first product, the ER 0100 (codenamed Iliad), a 8.1-inch ePaper reader with 1024 x 768 resolution and 160dpi fidelity. That's just a hair under the Sony Librié's 170dpi, but with greater resolution. More »

7:04 PM on Tue Dec 20 2005
By Joel
2,109 views, 12 comments

gadgets

Big Bendy Clock

Watch company Citizen announced the development of an e-paper-like technology for use as a clock. "Yawn", I hear you say — but wait, Citizen's e-paper is really BIG. Measuring 4.2 feet x 1.7 feet, Citizen's giant, bendable timepiece can reportedly run for a whole year on two regular button batteries. That's all very well, but I'm skeptical about the real-world uses a bendable clock might have. Given the way digits appear on a digital clock like this, asking a friend what the time is when this thing is half bent around a corner would elicit a response such as "well, it's either 1:45, 7:45, 8:45 or 9:45." Which might be a lot less useful than, say, looking at my watch. More »

4:00 PM on Tue Dec 13 2005
By Noah R
830 views, 5 comments

Latest by Wotsitdo?: ned=need more »

peripherals

NEC's Flexible Battery


NEC announced an exciting foray into the world of bendy things today, with the revelation of their development of a 0.3mm thick flexible battery technology, that can also (allegedly) recharge in about 30 seconds. More »

9:27 AM on Thu Dec 8 2005
By Noah R
2,012 views, 3 comments

portable media

E-Paper Display In Tokyo Station


A new display set up at Tokyo station makes interesting use of e-paper. Six A4 sheets of e-paper are on display for commuters in a snazzy transparent blue housing — allowing them to see how thin the e-paper is. The sheets of e-paper are being fed with the latest news stories via a wireless Internet connection and are updated with new content every five minutes. Rather cool, although to the casual observer (read: soulless, speed-walking salaryman zombie that make up most of Tokyo station's commuters) it will simply look like someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to frame today's weather report. More »

8:30 AM on Wed Dec 7 2005
By Noah R
594 views, 1 comment

Latest by PMonkey: It could also appear to the zombie-drones of the Tokyo underground that someone has needlessly put six or seven see-through LCD's on display. They have those too, you know. more »

wristwatches

E-Paper Bendie Watch From Seiko

Seiko is going ultra-tech with this awesomely rad new watch made from e-paper. If you want one, though, you'd better show up with a baseball bat, crowbar, or something to wield off John Biggs other watch fiends, because only 500 are being produced. Yes, 500. It's being done on purpose to generate hype around these new ultra-tech watches, and Seiko thinks we're gonna fall for it. So what's so great about this watch, anyway?: More »

10:43 AM on Thu Dec 1 2005
By gizmodo.com
600 views, Comment

cellphones

Gizmodo Ink


  • Add HP to the list of manufacturers working on a practical form of e-paper. Trees shouldn't be breathing sighs of relief yet: the technology's not quite ready for prime time. [San Francisco Chronicle]
  • Stanford braniacs laugh at current consumer GPS devices' measly 5-10 meter margins of error. Their goal? A navigation system accurate enough to pinpoint objects within a centimeter of each other. [Seatte Times]
  • As always, search titans Yahoo! and Google have been busy. Both make the news today with wireless services; Yahoo! plans to release a cellphone, made by Nokia, through SBC Communications. Meanwhile, the Goog introduced its cellphone map app which out of the gate is compatible with over 100 types of phones on the major carriers' networks. [Wall St. Journal (reg)] [USA Today]
  • The Boston Globe has some personal tech news nuggets for you. First up is Kodak's Mobile Service Postcard Application, which for 2 bucks, remotely prints out a 4x6 glossy of your mobile phone digipic and snail mails it to family n' friends. The paper also mentions biometric cellphone lockers for students enrolled in schools that ban phones in the classroom, plus the Soldius1 solar charger for powering up your juice-thirsty mobile devices. [Boston Globe]
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    11:00 AM on Mon Nov 7 2005
    By Noah R
    166 views, Comment