Imagine the day when you can surf the Barnes and Nobles website and just download a PDF version of the book you’d like to buy and read it as if it were a paperback on a flexible digital reader. Those days will soon be here, thanks to $100 million in funding to Plastic Logic, the first commercial maker targeted at read anywhere’ electronic reader products.
It will utilise Plastic Logic’s unique process to fabricate active-matrix backplanes on plastic substrates which, when combined with an electronic-paper frontplane material, will be used to create display modules that are thin light and robust. This will enable a digital reading experience that is much closer to paper than any other technology.
Thats amzing, but what is it’s energy source, and if its plastic, wouldn’t the pages reflect at certain angles making it less convenient to read, but overall i like the Idea
Hope the battery life is good. This would be better than having to lug a ton of books around.
Might be harder to read for long periods of time.
Neato, ^ if it puts in PDF format, could vary the text size and darkness of the text.
this will be awesome :D
no need to carry hardback around anymore!
It’s about damn time! The Hitchhiker’s Guide will soon be my reality! Muah ha ha ha ha@
yea that glare but get a bit annoying
Sweet!
Now, can someone finish up the personal jet pack and flying car, k thnx.
So this means that Adobe will still run the show on PDF files? I mean, if this hits the block, Adobe will plummet down. I mean, unless if the makers of this technology will make a partnership with Adobe. Bottom line is: MINORITY REPORT type technology is up for grabs.
Adobe isn’t just the company that makes PDFs. Truly stiff competition; who knows what might happen next.
great idea…!
not a bad idea, but i rather have the book in is paper form., especially for book collectors and 1st edition enthusiasts
i guess it would be good for school notes and articles
but then again, there are people who like to anotate and such… i’ll have to see how it works out before they convince me otherwise
It’s the very first step and the very foremost foundation before the Holographic Newspaper Projections will be made in the near future, HOPEFULLY.
Didn’t some manufacturer already made a prototype of digital paper like over a year ago or something?