youtube.com— “the world’s first prototype of a functional electronic-document reader that can unroll its display to a scale larger than the device itself.”
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At least in my school they try to thwart piracy or even the ability to buy used books by sometimes including a key code with the books that you have to register with the publishers website. This is where the professor has you take quizzes and your grades are linked back to your website login which is tied to that key. Sucks.
In dcasegr's defense, the OP did say "refresh rate" as opposed to "response time". These won't have a refresh rate as in CRT's but as tylerni7 said, the response time is similar to LCD displays-the smaller, the better.
I would love to use this for school. Be able to have my books in my pocket and when I get home type up my notes and put them on there to study at school. I think students may be more productive with this thing.
Making non-reusable e-ink displays? If it ever hits the point that they become that cheap, i say that would be a good time.And enough Tom Cruise bashing. Yes, i know. He is a scientologist. As an atheist, *all* religions look pretty crazy to me. Plus, Cruise is a decent actor.
shutterAug 29, 2006
@furan: Of course not. Books with eInk == ideal for students.
snerfuAug 29, 2006
At least in my school they try to thwart piracy or even the ability to buy used books by sometimes including a key code with the books that you have to register with the publishers website. This is where the professor has you take quizzes and your grades are linked back to your website login which is tied to that key. Sucks.
stuartjmooreAug 29, 2006
eInk can only do about 4,000 colors so far...
archonmagnusAug 29, 2006
In dcasegr's defense, the OP did say "refresh rate" as opposed to "response time". These won't have a refresh rate as in CRT's but as tylerni7 said, the response time is similar to LCD displays-the smaller, the better.
anagogeAug 29, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://img.engadget.com/common/images/3238125246845557.jpg?0.4762977971553337">http://img.engadget.com/common/images/3238125246845557.jpg?0.4762977971553337</a> - First thing I thought of when I saw this.
crashingechelonAug 30, 2006
I would love to use this for school. Be able to have my books in my pocket and when I get home type up my notes and put them on there to study at school. I think students may be more productive with this thing.
soulpiercer7Aug 30, 2006
This originally aired like 3 months ago.
rockintom99Aug 30, 2006
Making non-reusable e-ink displays? If it ever hits the point that they become that cheap, i say that would be a good time.And enough Tom Cruise bashing. Yes, i know. He is a scientologist. As an atheist, *all* religions look pretty crazy to me. Plus, Cruise is a decent actor.
jasonpriniNov 3, 2006
Wellstone might be sci-fi, but programmable matter is real and working on lab benches at Universities all over the world.