Firefly Technology - not that far away? by Aerrin

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Firefly Technology - not that far away?

POSTED BY: AERRIN
UPDATED: Thursday, August 26, 2004 18:02
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Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:02 PM

I remember reading this several months ago and, at the time, going 'just like in Firefly!' I didn't think to share at the time, though, and as I'm rewatching Serenity, the bit where Badger holds up the electronic bulletin with moving text reminded me. Thus, I hunted it out on the off chance you all might be interested. ;)

Paper is Dead

Scientists Johan Feenstra and Rob Hayes think they've figured out how a process called electrowetting can make paper that can do anything a videoscreen does. So far, though, all they've got to show for their efforts is a tiny piece of e-paper one centimeter square—only 225 pixels, or picture elements.

The rest of the article (interesting read) is here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4880556/site/newsweek/

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