# E-paper **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [April 24, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788 "2006-04-24T17:23:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fr\_ode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fr\_ode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fr_ode)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/1 "2006-04-24T17:23:43Z")
![](http://www.iht.com/images/2006/04/23/web.0423epapers187.jpg) [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/23/business/epapers24.php](http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/23/business/epapers24.php) The Belgian daily De Tijd started a trial this month with versions of electronic paper, a device with low-power digital screens. embedded with “digital ink.” ---
**Author:** ![Seb\_Hughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Seb\_Hughes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb_Hughes)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/2 "2006-04-24T18:08:22Z")
To be honest I love reading the new on the actual paper, its a better feeling. Ok electronic is good, but theres a certain feeling i liek with actually having the newsPAPER ---
**Author:** ![fr\_ode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fr\_ode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fr_ode)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/3 "2006-04-24T20:46:05Z")
I agree, but as far as I understood it is very similar to real paper. :vamp: Read the stuff! It’s interesting. Imagine the use, when the price drops. ---
**Author:** ![bwh2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@bwh2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwh2)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/4 "2006-04-24T22:29:03Z")
the question i have to ask myself is “how many more electronics can we possibly carry around?” i mean plenty of people are already walking around with 1. cell phone 2. blackberry 3. mp3 player 4. laptop so do we really need another device just for the news? one thing i like about the newspaper is that you can quickly glance over it, read what you want, then throw it out. i don’t have to worry about losing it, damaging it, it being stolen, it running out of power, etc. actual newspapers are worry free. if you lose it before you read it no big deal because it only costs 50 cents. ---
**Author:** ![GPP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@GPP](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GPP)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/5 "2006-04-24T22:33:23Z")
The whole world is becoming electroning… they are even creating electronic arms! WTF?! I also agree with Seb, I like the normal paper… it has that authentic smell. ---
**Author:** ![GW02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@GW02](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GW02)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/6 "2006-04-25T01:19:18Z")
Reminds me of the crazy Google 2011/2012 flash video that was circulating (the years were different versions). I just hate how newspapers turn your hands black. I’d still rather read them on paper though, like Seb up there. ---
**Author:** ![darkplanets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@darkplanets](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/darkplanets)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/7 "2006-04-25T01:55:11Z")
I have a dream… that one day, all electronics will be fused into one device, and that you can have a monitor on your contact or glass lenses… what a dream… just give it 5-10 years. Oh, and since we are talking about electronics, alow me to go off topic for a sec. If any of you read Popular Science (magazine), then you’ll know what I’m talking about. They now have 3d electronic ads made by lasers, so its basically a hologram. They are making the lasers safer so they cant cause blindness so it’ll be out in Japan in a year. ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/8 "2006-04-25T03:49:54Z")
keep dreaming buddy… 😛 lol ---
**Author:** ![Sliker\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@Sliker\_Hawk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sliker_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/9 "2006-04-25T06:20:51Z")
I heard that they could make them completely dynamic so that they update themselves every few hours. Same with posters or bill boards. There’s loads of possibilities. I _knew_ it’d come out this year. ---
**Author:** ![RadioactveChimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@RadioactveChimp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RadioactveChimp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/10 "2006-04-25T06:28:45Z")
I am so against this type of technology. I still have a taste for the old stuff like _gasp_ movie theaters and actual books and newspapers. The reason why they are coming out with all of this is because (at least here in the US) they are losing tons of money. Here, no one under 30 reads the newspaper or watches the news on tv anymore. ---
**Author:** ![bwh2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@bwh2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwh2)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/11 "2006-04-25T06:54:27Z")
> [@Sliker\_Hawk](#): > > I heard that they could make them completely dynamic so that they update themselves every few hours. i heard that was going to happen too… in the mid 90’s. i think it was called the web. ---
**Author:** ![Sim085](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Sim085](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sim085)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/12 "2006-04-25T07:53:54Z")
[COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]You know where all this is leading …[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]You sitting on a bad, with several pipes to keep you alive connected to a computer that is simulating the perfect life for you![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] What a Great Future!!![COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/13 "2006-04-25T08:59:40Z")
that’s hot… ---
**Author:** ![johnlouis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/johnlouis/32/568_2.png) [@johnlouis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnlouis)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-paper/186788/14 "2006-04-25T09:07:24Z")
well at least it can save the trees… i mean that’s a good thing right?