Date   : Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:48:37 -0000
From   : dm.hunt@... (David Hunt)
Subject: OT - What Hermann's up to...

> Tim Matthews wrote:
> > Dunno if this is of interest to anyone, but I just saw this quick 
> > interview with Herr Hauser about his new bendy electronic displays 
> > that are about to change the world.
> 
> Hmm, I didn't realise he had anything to do with it. There 
> was a story on local TV about it the other day, and aside 
> from the "flexible computer display" aspect all of the 
> potential uses that they listed seemed to either be very "big 
> brother" or were bordering on the ridiculous.
> 
> > (Btw, I'm sure my A4 had the same screen artefacts! ;-)
> 
> I'm curious to know if the big blue border around that 
> display example is needed or not. It seems way too thick to 
> use for something like a "flexible book", laptop screen etc.
> 

Isn't Hermann the money man, rather than the inventor... Looking at the
video, I guess the border on the display keeps the connectors in place for
the driver array and PC sitting off camera. See
<http://www.plasticlogic.com/hi-res.php> The large number of dead pixels is
testament to the fact that the technology isn't ready for your kids to play
with yet. I wonder what the environmental issues with disposal are? What
might be more interesting is using the plastic as a substrate for
microprocessors and RAM, I doubt if speed would get near current silicon,
but older designs... A BBC Micro T-shirt that is a real BBC Micro - cool :)

Dave