Philips’ New Electronic Paper

OK, Christina, put this on my Christmas wish list for 2005…

Philips to Mass-Produce Flexible Electronic Display for Newspapers

Amsterdam — Dutch Consumer electronics firm Philips on Monday announced plans to release a flexible electronic display panel that can download
newspapers and other text from the Internet and then roll up into a
pen-sized holder, Reuters reported. The Philips product will utilize
technology developed by Cambridge, Mass.-based E Ink, which partnered with
Philips in early 2001 to develop its technology that uses tiny cells whose
color may be manipulated electronically. The Philips display may be
connected to a mobile phone for downloading content, the company said. “We
can produce this in batches. It’s no longer a research project,” a
spokesman at Philips Research told Reuters. “We’re going to build a pilot
line that should be ready in 2005 to make one million displays a year.” Full story