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Digital Paper Coming to Barnes and Nobles Near You

  • Posted by: Terry Ng
  • on Friday, January 5th, 2007

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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.

  • phoenxiii
    • Posted by: phoenxiii
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 1:04 pm

    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

  • madray
    • Posted by: madray
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 1:06 pm

    Hope the battery life is good. This would be better than having to lug a ton of books around.

  • heartofjosh
    • Posted by: heartofjosh
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 2:31 pm

    Might be harder to read for long periods of time.

  • David
    • Posted by: David
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    Neato, ^ if it puts in PDF format, could vary the text size and darkness of the text.

  • b0unce
    • Posted by: b0unce
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    this will be awesome :D

  • haz
    • Posted by: haz
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 5:18 pm

    no need to carry hardback around anymore!

  • GameDudeX
    • Posted by: GameDudeX
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 5:53 pm

    It’s about damn time! The Hitchhiker’s Guide will soon be my reality! Muah ha ha ha ha@

  • vm3z9
    • Posted by: vm3z9
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 7:10 pm

    yea that glare but get a bit annoying

  • truthmhz
    • Posted by: truthmhz
    • on January 5th, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    Sweet!

    Now, can someone finish up the personal jet pack and flying car, k thnx.

  • Dexter Kanuto

    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.

  • Dexter Kanuto

    Adobe isn’t just the company that makes PDFs. Truly stiff competition; who knows what might happen next.

  • Lenka
    • Posted by: Lenka
    • on January 6th, 2007 at 7:28 am

    great idea…!

  • beni
    • Posted by: beni
    • on January 6th, 2007 at 8:18 am

    not a bad idea, but i rather have the book in is paper form., especially for book collectors and 1st edition enthusiasts

  • beni
    • Posted by: beni
    • on January 6th, 2007 at 10:27 am

    i guess it would be good for school notes and articles

  • Unregistered
    • Posted by: rbx6jm7man
    • on January 6th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    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

  • Dexter Kanuto

    It’s the very first step and the very foremost foundation before the Holographic Newspaper Projections will be made in the near future, HOPEFULLY.

  • JwKuo87
    • Posted by: JwKuo87
    • on January 11th, 2007 at 3:23 pm

    Didn’t some manufacturer already made a prototype of digital paper like over a year ago or something?

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