Concept Design: E-paper Slap Bracelet

Ahhh….. 80’s Nostalgia. Similar to those slap bracelets from the past, this high-tech version from Chocolate Agency features a bendable E-paper display with multimedia controls. The length of the strap can be adjusted by adding magnetic snaps to each end. As an added bonus, the bracelet requires no charging – it is powered by...

Sony PRS-700 E-reader Review

Last October Sony released the next generation of its e-reader to the world: the brand spanking new Sony PRS-700. This e-reader comes jam packed with some great technology that makes it leaps and bounds above the PRS-505, the Kindle and almost every other mid priced e-reader on the market. Even though there are improvements galore,...

The Kindle is Burning Brightly

It looks like the Kindle really might be the iPod for the book industry. Last October Oprah gave the e-reader a huge push from her book club, ensuring that it would be almost completely sold out during the Holiday Season.  In the wake of the Oprah aftermath we’re still finding it hard to get a Kindle, with six to eight weeks...

NEC Demonstrates Greyscale E-paper

Recently, NEC LCD, one of the world’s leading providers of high-quality, innovative, active-matrix liquid crystal displays, demonstrated new electronic paper (e-paper) displays at the Flat Panel Display (FPD) International exhibition in Japan. The screens were developed by its NEC LCD Technologies subsidiary and are the equivalent...

Concept Design: E-ink Tattoo

As controversial as this sounds, the future of technology will be biological, and body modification will play a huge part in how we use our computers, cell phones and even PDA’s in the next ten to twenty years.  Organic technology is considered the brave new world for the next generation, drastically changing our relationship...