Sunday, May 22, 2011

Paperphone, Phone As Thin As Paper

A smart phone is made of electronic paper has been demonstrated by researchers in Canada

The phone, called PaperPhone was so flexible and can be controlled by bending, write on it or used as a touch screen device.

PaperPhone made to show how people use the devices flexible. The phone is made by a collaboration between researchers from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada and the University of Arizona in the U.S., along with researchers from E-Ink Corporation.


"This is the future. Everything will look and feel like this in five years (forward)," said Roel Vertegaal, director of human media lab at Queen's University as saying "This computer looks, tersa, and operates like a small sheet of paper interactive. "

Gazette of electronic paper, which uses E-Ink technology, the same can be found on the Amazon Kindle electronic reading device, which measures just a millimeter thick and can be used to call, read electronic books and playing music.

The researchers said that this technology is apparently meant as the end of the paper or printer. Dr. Vertegaal says: "paperless office is here. Everything can be stored digitally and you can put this computer on top of each other, like a paper composition.

Paper phone on display in the event the CHI conference (Association of Computing machinery) in 2011 in Vancouver, Canada.

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