LG.Philips LCD and E Ink Build 10.1″ Flex Display with Production Equipment

This is a very important advance.

During one of his 2005 BBC Reith Lectures Lord Broers was asked what he thought the most important development would be during the first half of the 21st. century. He replied that electronic displays that have the characteristics of a sheet of paper would have a huge impact. Here’s the clip from the lecture’s question period [streamed mp3].

The spin offs from this will extend far beyond wrapping a display around a cell phone. The decendents of the iPod may well have large displays that unfold, but the implications for the electronic display of digital information go beyond that.

Watch this space.
-pmh